Mike Rose Why School Summary

Education means something different for everyone. According to Mike Rose, “a good education helps us make sense of the world and find our way in it” (33). The truth to this is that education affects us in every aspect of our lives. Rose emphasizes the value in the experience of education beyond the value of education for the purpose of custom or intelligence; he explores the purpose of going to school in terms of how he defines himself and his personal growth in the stages of his academic career. In Rose’s exploration of the purpose of school, he also reflects on his personal experiences and how those experiences gave him tools that are applicable to his daily life. Mike Rose’s Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us persuades his audience of the importance of education beyond the classroom, emphasizing how those experiences become crucial to one’s personal growth and potential.

Many are quick to disregard education’s role outside of the classroom. According to Mike Rose, “a good education helps us make sense of the world and find our way in it” (Rose 33). Rose emphasizes the value in the experience of education beyond the value of education for the purpose of custom or intelligence; he explores the purpose of going to school in terms of how he defines himself and his personal growth in the stages of his academic career. By reflecting on his personal experiences and how those gave him the tools applicable to his daily life, he emphasizes why education should never be overlooked. Rose’s use of referencing relatable experiences in a logical manner makes his argument persuasive to the readers and he succeeds in making the readers reconsider why education matters to them. Mike Rose’s Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us effectively persuades his audience of the importance of education beyond the classroom, which proves true in our everyday lives because the essential aspect of education is what we do with it and how it helps develop one’s personal growth.

Rose first explains how the educational system classifies a child’s class. He then proceeds to elaborate on how the vocational class works for those who do not do as well in school. He uses pathos so the reader feels emotional for the less fortunate student in the vocational class. Rose conveys his beliefs by using personal examples. He learns true qualities of people and shares the stories of Dave Snyder, Ted Richard, and Ken Harvey. Sharing the personal indications of what puts the students in the vocational class, gives the reader the notion that they have strengths that do not apply doing well in school. Rose ties the examples together in the end to confirm his opinion that one should never settle being defined as average.

I am aware that there are better and worse high schools out there than Fremont High School. And yet, reading Kozol's account of the terrible conditions that are endured by these students made me feel more aware of the severity of improper or inadequate education that poorly funded schools provide. All of these problems, alongside my awareness of my fortunate years of education, make me wonder, just as Mireya did, as to why, "...[students] who need it so much more get so much less?" (Kozol 648). Interestingly, I have little to comment on Kozol's actual writing style, even though he wrote this account of his. I was just so attached to the characters within that school that I wanted to be able to reach out somehow; Kozol definitely achieved something very touching here.

Many are quick to disregard education’s role outside of the classroom. According to Mike Rose, “a good education helps us make sense of the world and find our way in it” (Rose 33). Rose emphasizes the value in the experience of education beyond the value of education for the purpose of custom or intelligence; he explores the purpose of going to school in terms of how he defines himself and his personal growth in the stages of his academic career. By reflecting on his personal experiences and how those gave him the tools applicable to his daily life, he emphasizes why education should never be overlooked. Rose’s referencing relatable experiences in a logical manner makes his argument persuasive to the readers and he succeeds in making the readers reconsider why education matters to them. In his book Why School?: Reclaiming Education for All of Us, Mike Rose effectively persuades his audience of the importance of education beyond the classroom, emphasizing how those experiences become crucial to one’s personal growth and potential in our everyday lives.

In “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose, Rose talks about his school life throughout this short story. He explains multiple things that went wrong, from having bad teachers, to getting abused, and never realizing he deserved to be treated with respect. Being treated in a negative way at school affects your attitude and behavior in class and also outside of class. Not one of the children in Rose’s class cared about school because they realized that the teachers had no training in the subjects being taught and were showing no attention to caring about the futures of the students sitting in front of them day after day. When Rose explains his schooling, he tells us that he was placed in the wrong track, had horrible teachers, and eventually stopped believing in himself.

Even though the world knowledge is used in both passages David Foster Wallace believes that knowledge is self awareness and having control of how ones own emotions and thoughts while Mike Rose believes that knowledge is the awareness of the people in the room, attaining the ability to read people. Not only is their definition completely opposite but the way to achieve both knowledges are opposing one another. Mike Rose's knowledge doesn't believe in a farther education but in work while David Wallace believes that his knowledge is only attainable by going and completing a liberal arts

In this essay we will be comparing the message of Mikel Theobalds “ADHD and college success” to that of Tough’s article “Who Gets to Graduate”. The main intent of both articles is to show how American school systems are not doing enough to help disadvantaged students, and both article’s give their own interpretations of solutions to this problem. My intent is to compare and contrast both of these articles to find which points they may agree on, and which they may disagree on in order to find the best middle ground solution to the problem both articles present. In Mikel Theobalds article “ADHD and College Success” he chronicled the experience of Nicolas Adduci, a college student that struggled to find his footing while battling ADHD.

When comparing Adam and Daryl's stories, it is obvious that both young men are aware how their backgrounds impacted their academic lives and successes. Unfortunately, both young men were glossed over or dismissed at some point in their educational pathways due to their background, but that did not stop either of them from pursuing their goals. For Adam, his awareness about his condition allowed him to reflect on and adjust the way he approached his daily life, which of course included his education. In Daryl's story, we see a young man who despite his best efforts in the public charter school system, experienced difficulty adjusting a the high level of thinking expected of a student attending Georgetown University. However, after a year of playing catch-up at the expense of his social life, he is a thriving member of his academic community.

Mel's school was the Devils, and know they are the Merryweather Tigers, Roar. Many people are upset about it. In spanish class people call her Me-no-linda pretty much meaning, not pretty. She's kind of hurt by it.

Mike also shows us that we should believe in ourselves and do what we want to do, despite of what people say. Another life lesson the movie gives us is all actions come with a price. It’s the final round of the Scare Games and it’s up to Mike to win the competition for the team by going into a human’s room and scare them according to their fears. So the night before the games, Sully rigs Mike’s score panel, just in case if Mike results are low, the outcome will be high. But, in spite of doing this, Mike and Sully were both expelled from Monsters University. Mike gets really hurt and sadly tells Sully,”You said you believed in me....” (Scanlon, x;xx) This demonstrates that you should always think before you do. That you should think about other people’s feelings before involving them with the situation. For Sully and Mike, they got kicked out of the school because a small mistake Sully made thinking it would help

Public school systems need to be more sensitive to their students. Parents play the major role in determining a child’s academic outcome, but the school system needs to notice children who don’t necessarily acknowledge their gift. These children need guidance -- I believe it is the schools’ responsibility to provide it to them. I have been through a situation that makes me feel strongly about the subject. My example is an indisputable case in point.

As an example, I will talk briefly about my cousin, born into a broken home and forced to deal with illiteracy on a daily basis. Steven was brought up in a bad neighborhood and raised by the streets. His family simply didn’t care about anything other than how they would afford their next bottle of booze or pack of cigarettes. Growing up, he was never told he had to go to school; therefore, he only went on occasion. His lack of schooling in his younger years took its toll on him by the time he hit high school. Living in a bad neighborhood and brought up by gangs, Steven’s life was in a bad condition.

Rose ignored the weirdness of the cigarettes and went to packed up her purse to head to the dinner. But, when she turned around to get her purse she realized it wasn 't where she put it. There was a draft of wind in the air of Roses apartment. That’s when Rose realized that the window was open. When she went to close the window her purse was hanging on the window ledge. When Rose grabbed her purse she looked inside to find that all her money had been stolen. She wanted to leave as soon as possible so she ran out of her apartment and ran to the taxi. Rose didn 't have a car since she wasn 't the wealthiest and just moved to town. She called a taxi before hand so she wouldn 't be late to the dinner. She noticed the taxi was 10 minutes early and she was excited to get

The story is told from Mike’s point of view, right after he got fired from his job, the only thing that will keep his fairy tale life alive. But when it all comes crashing down, Mike realized that everything is not as beautiful as he went along thinking. His wife is not happy, his son is not happy and he is not happy. This is the reason we hear the story from his point of view, and not Imogen’s for example. To her this is just an everyday experience, but to Mike this is a life changing event, where he realizes the he did not turn out to be happy, following those expectations everybody thought would lead to success. It only led him towards the labyrinth of suffering, which he doesn’t know how to get out of.