Summary Of I Just Wanna Be Average By Mike Rose

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The article “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose shares a story of his time in vocational school, which is the lowest level of education. Even though he was put in vocational school by accident, he decided to stay. Here, he met many different students and talked about their personalities and traits. Although the students in the vocational school are delinquents, he was able to see through them and realized that they are more than their words and behaviors. Rose’s ways of thinking really changed when he met a student named Ken Harvey. When asked how he feels about achievements and working hard, Ken Harvey simply answered “I just wanna be average.” To this, Rose started to ditch his old self and embrace being average. When he moved out of the
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Mike Rose is an educator. He studied the literacy and struggles of working class America. The narrative of his experience as student of working-class status gives him a considerable amount of ethos. As for his argument, I feel is the direct opposite of this selections title, ‘I Just Wanna Be Average’. Rose begins his narrative with his accident that leads him to his discovery. Having to fight like those whose destiny has been chosen gave him the perspective of those who strive just to be average…

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