Average Q’s

Rose house is in a poor neighborhood. The neighborhood consist of old white folks, young black families, and immigrant Mexican. Rose house is small and most of the thing that they have is old and used. His father gets most of these things from a secondary shop when he spends some time there. Rose mostly […] Read More …

I JUST WANNA BE AVERAGE 2

I JUST WANNA BE AVERAGE “Some people who manage to write their way out of the working class, describe the classroom as an oasis of possibility. It became their intellectual playground, their competitive arena. Given the richness of my memories of this time, its funny how scant are my recollections of school” “Budding manhood. Only …

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Between the World and Me – Prewriting 3

Ryan DeLuca Feb 21st, 2019 ENG 123 Dr. Drown Between the World and Me – Prewriting 3 Coates talked about how his school went on about teaching black history month. He doesn’t seem pleased with what they are showing him and his classmates about how black were mistreated. Coates gives this elaboration about what he …

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To The Mecca Q’s

What Coates means by this is that there were certain rules you had to follow. Like the school didn’t want you to be curious but rather compliance. Yo had to keep up with your school work and behave in school or else they would suspend you. Thats when the streets will get to you and […] Read More …

Perhaps we should return to Mecca 2/21/19

Coates writes that “laws of school” were “aimed at something distant and vague” (p. 25). Pull together material from throughout the section of the reading to explain what precisely (and there’s more than one thing) the laws of schools were aimed at. The Place that you supposed to be a process of enlightened yourself. It’s …

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Coates

What evidence does Coates give for his assertion that the American Dream is built on the destruction of black bodies? You’ll need to pull together quotes from multiple locations in the reading to answer this question fully.   I can see where he’s coming from on that front, but I think that saying that all …

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