In Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” he tells his story on the bad education he received and the good education he received‚ the bad teachers he received and the good teachers he received. Rose explains a situation when he had a bad teacher‚ “He had little training in English so his lesson plan for his day work had us reading the district’s required
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vocational track (Rose 346). Students may also begin to think if the teacher‚ isn’t going to go out of their way to give additional help to the students that need it to succeed‚ than they shouldn’t bother to study. In the essay “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose‚ he talks about his time spent in the vocational track and how he began to lose interest in all subjects and began to loath
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Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” essay makes me mad‚ but‚ at the same time‚ it makes me realize how lucky I am. I had never been in a special program‚ so I never thought about the students who were in those programs. Actually‚ my school had the kind of vocational track that the essay introduced‚ but I didn’t care about them because I wasn’t part of the track. Therefore‚ I really didn’t know that the students who were in that kind of special programs could be lost their identity due to poor instruction
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A Critical Response to Mike Rose’s “’I Just Wanna Be Average’” In his essay “I Just Wanna Be Average‚” Mike Rose details his school life in South L.A. Now a professor of Education and Information Studies at UCLA‚ Rose moves through secondary school at Our Lady of Mercy on the Voc. Ed. Track‚ revealing why the standardized versions of this “educational system” betray the core values behind liberal‚ humanistic education as we understand it. As Rose wants to stress the value of all individuals‚
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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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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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3:30pm Glimpses Into the Past I always believed that I had the perfect family. My parents (and Santa) gave me everything that I ever wanted‚ my sister and I were best friends‚ and life was all about having fun. Of course‚ I was only five at the time. My life was like a sitcom on TV. Boy‚ how things have changed. The authors Gary Soto and Mike Rose give the reader a glimpse into their childhoods into their stories‚ “Looking For Work” and “I Just Want To Be Average”. They show us how they both
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EDUCATION IN AMERICA I have chosen Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” to discuss as I have felt this way many times over the years whether it was in school or in the work force. In "I Just Wanna Be Average" Mike Rose explains how he was placed in the "vocational education" program while he was in high school by error. He and his parents tried to even fix the situation‚ but it did not work. While in this program he began to learn some dead-end skills from his teachers that were often unprepared
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the world today between the moderately literate‚ the most literate‚ and those that are just left behind. America’s educational system is deeply flawed and a perfect example is a very eye opening short story called “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose(1989). Mike Rose explains his short stint in the Vocational track ‚ where kids go who can’t quite make it in America’s public schools.The only reason why Rose ended up going to this school because his test scores were mixed with another student’s
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Summary: In the story "I Just Want to be Average" by Mike Rose‚ Rose‚ talks about his his past schooling experience and how his experience at Mercy nearly ruined him as a student. He narrates his story of his peers in the vocational learning classes and how his teachers responded or failed to respond to their needs as students. The various situations Mike experienced all centered around one main thing and that was a lack of effort‚ by the students and teachers both. Response: This story is a really
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