Average Q’s

What Mike Rose learns from his Voc. Ed. buddies is how to be mediocre. He explains how that he would just get by in class and only use half his brain. He learned these habits because he found it easy to relate to people who came from the same neighbor as him and had to […] Read More …

I Just wanna be average question

question 1.  In his voc. class he learned a lot of things and things about his classmates. On page 27 he says “I understood and admired physical prowess, and there was an abundance of muscle here. There was Dave Snyder, a sprinter and halfback of true quality. Dave’s ability and his quick wit gave him …

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2/27/2019

What important things does Rose learn from Jack MacFarland in the classroom that unlocks the door to the upper-middle-class for him? To what degree was what Rose learned in the classroom from MacFarland available to Coates in his classrooms? Why else is MacFarland so important to Rose’s success? Did young Ta-Nehisi Coates have similar figures …

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Coates vs Rose school experience

Rose and Coates both went to seriously different schools while growing up. Coates school taught him about having a safe place off the street to occupy during the school day teaching him literacy and life skills. On the other hand Rose is actually going to school to learn. They sit down and do worksheets and actually try to work during the school day even though it doesn’t seem to be catching on to Rose. The rules of Rose’s Catholic school…

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