Category: Announcements (Page 4 of 11)

In  “I Just Wanna Be Average” by Mike Rose one thing I really found interesting is that how Rose already knows everything like Rose already knows how to write a paragraph in good english, Rose already knows how to solve the algebra problems. But still he was acting like a fool so he can stay there and get to know those people more in the vocational  school. He was observing those people and their minds. Rose was placed in the vocational track by mistake. He found out how many of his classmates believe that school is not for them. The students were put in the vocational school because they need help with study and they also need help with learning proper english. But Rose noticed how the kids were struggling in that school. Rose also noticed that all the teachers weren’t helping the students and didn’t even know how to teach properly. “Broken English/I’m Articulate” by Jamila Lyiscott explained how she can speak english and also her language. She explained that in society when English is not someone’s first language the people start judging them and correcting them. Where the same people from the society can only speak English and can’t even pronounce a word from any other language properly. She is basically trying to explain that if you aren’t able to speak any other language and someone from another country comes and tries to learn your language instead of correcting them and judging them you should motivate them which will help them to learn. The most important thing both texts  have in common with each other is that both of them were talking about the people who are trying to learn something new and who need help. But these people are not getting any help rather than make themselves feel a low level person and make them not to do anything great for themselves like how Rose classmates none of students wanted to end the way they were in which was the vocational track.