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    Blue Collar Brilliance‚ by Mike Rose‚ describes the cognitive misconceptions we have toward people who hold jobs that require little or no educational background. Mike‚ a professor at UCLA reflects on his life experiences. In 2009‚ Blue Collar Brilliance appeared in the American Scholar‚ a publication by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. In addition to this article‚ Mike has authored many books that focus on literacy. Mike developed an interest in psychology early in life. Mike attended college where he

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    Mike Rose‚ in his essay‚ “I Just Wanna Be Average”‚ claims that in order to see reality and reach success one must cut ties with all biases and look at life through a neutral perspective. He supports his claim with a story about how he got rid of the personal bias he had of himself belonging in voc-ed and moved up to college prep. The Authors purpose was to inform readers of his experience in order to help them see how to reach their success with their outlook on reality. Rose establishes a very

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    I just want to be Average by Mike Rose The essay by Mike Rose made me really think about the purpose of education schools have to offer us. He talks about how a basic exam can determine your whole life; it made me really think about how accurate these tests really are. The purpose of this essay seemed to be how he feels students failures isn’t because of us‚ its because of the school system overall. He shares how the vocational track is basically portrayed as students who are not motivated to learn

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    A Log in the River: An Analysis of “I Just Wanna to Be Average” It’s a typical Monday morning. The alarm goes off and you roll over to get an extra five minutes of sleep. Eventually‚ your mom comes down and pulls you out of bed because you are going to be late for school. You drag yourself to class and the day passes you by. I agree with Mike Rose that having a strong mentor or dedicated teacher changes one’s outlook on education and success in class. The effect a strong mentor or dedicated

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    katienagler Just another WordPress.com site Home About Introduction MAR 21 Mike Rose Annotated Bib and Summary Posted on March 21‚ 2012 by naglerk11 Standard RoseMike. “Rigid Rules‚ Inflexible Plans‚ and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer’s Block.” College Composition and Communication 31.4 (1980): 389-401. Print. Mike Rose brings all the chapters of this book together by not just researching how writers write‚ produce‚ plan‚ revise‚ etc.; but instead he is

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    “Entering the Conversation” Mike Rose’s essay‚ “Entering the Conversation‚” questions the prevailing methods of teaching college level literacy to under-prepared students. The core courses for incoming freshmen “have traditionally served to exclude working-class people from the classroom. It doesn’t‚ of necessity have to be that way” (12). Rose is trying to prove that an education in the humanities does not have to be exclusive or elitist. Just because remedial students lack literacy skills

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    In Lives on the Boundaries‚ Mike Rose claims that developmental English classes that are meant for remedial students are not actually helping them to become literate. The curriculum is actually hindering students from becoming literate. Rose states that those kinds of remedial classes teach the students that writing is about structure and being grammatically correct instead of being a way to express meaningful ideas. Because of these “corrective teachings”‚ the students see writing as tedious. Rose’s

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    O’Connor English 103 17 September 2013 Is Education A Necessity? I agree that….(mention mike rose) Mike Rose has a very intellectual opinion regarding education. Education is something that we all go through at some point in our lives. Some do not finish high school; some go on to college to obtain a Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree. But is this something that is a necessity? Or is this something that we just assume because of our society and how you are told that you will not succeed

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    Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs (Summary) If you are going to watch the Twilight series movies in the theatre‚ don’t expect great art. The harsh criticism that you’ve probably heard about the series is confirmed. The super silly‚ slow‚ and repetitive books series Twilight is addictive and Sady Doyle can’t stop reading it. However‚ the book series has its right place that’s needed in the teen age girls market. It takes them away from the horror of puberty. Both‚ the books and the movies

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    In the article “Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs” Sady Doyle proposed the idea that teenage girls are the main reason the Twilight series made its big debut‚ though clearly to Sady the series and the girls did not deserve this much negative attention. Doyle discusses many points in the article a big part of it is that girls play such a huge role in the progression of the series success. Doyle address both the movies and the books in this article. As Sady states “Twilight isn’t a literary masterpiece

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