Analysis Of Sherman Alexie's Superman And Me

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The author Sherman Alexie wrote, “Superman and Me” an autobiography. His reason for writing this autobiography was to show how Native Americans can defy the stereotypes given to them by Americans. Native Americans persevered by learning to read and receiving an education. Alexie’s life growing up on an Indian reservation in Wellpinit, Washington was challenging. While living on the reservation with his three siblings, Alexie developed his love for reading. He read a variety of books that his father had collected throughout the years. However, Sherman Alexie was not expected to have a bright future. He was expected to be unintelligent and he was discouraged from being social in school. This was the way that Native Americans thought their …show more content…
These tests are expensive and the results students receive impact schools in large ways. Schools that do poorly on standardized tests can have their doors closed and be labeled “unfit.” Also, standardized tests are very costly. Gregory Merchant said that: “States that had planned to implement some tests are dropping or postponing those plans because of economic problems” (104). This displays how some states are pausing their plans to give standardized tests because of the costs of them. Additionally, schools that are in poverty areas with students that have low socioeconomic status are having problems with standardized testing. They have inadequate supplies to teach students in an efficient way. This causes students to not do very well on the tests which affects the schools majorly. Results on the tests that were given in these poverty-stricken schools studied by Gwyne White and others: “demonstrated that overall schools with a higher percentage of Black students are predicted to have a lower percentage of students who tested at the proficient or advanced proficient level on average” (16). This displays that students who are of race and go to poor schools are less likely to do as well on standardized tests. Also, these schools often times have the highest closing rates and the highest dropout rates (3). Although standardized tests have detrimental effects on students, teachers, and schools, they also have
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