Wednesday, February 11, 2009

"I wanna be average" By Mike Rose

Mike Rose is obviously very praiseworthy as a teacher. This may come from his strong opinions and books he has published that are found interesting by many. In the beginning, Ken Harvey is presented to the author as his first sense of his awakening. It is humorous , seeing at how simple Ken's statement needed to be to give Mike Rose his new outlook.
The author illustrates that, " Bullshit, of course, is everything you -and the others- fear is beyond you: essay, tests, academic scrambling, complexity, etc. This comes as a strong statement. The use of logos stands out. By capturing one's attention and trying to get the logic out of what we might consider minute tasks.
"Membership on the track team covered me." This statement illustrates to me a confident luxury he feels he had. Not having to worry about classes you felt you were not interested in. It is still hard for me to grasp the fact that we have a school system set up this way. Education is excellent, but required on certain subjects is disagreeable with in my personal opinion. Through the use of pathos,the author does an excellent job at describing his fathers condition. At any age its hard to to witness family and elders age.
I could not help but laugh when he describes how he had no idea what "entrance requirements" were. That's pretty much how i felt on graduation day. I knew college was a must and i would make it there when i was ready. He really shows a lot of joy, and enhances the use of pathos to express his excitement when he realizes with MacFarlands help he can make college a reality.

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