Author: Iqbal

James Baldwin is telling us in the article to expand our knowledge beyond the school system and learn about the history of America but also learn about the history of the place you are living in. When he says the world is larger he is saying that you can go beyond the utilities that this world gave and learn how to go through life in America.

What I wish had been taught to me in school but wasn’t was finances. In the real world you have to learn about using credit and debt cards and how to do taxes every year. These are very crucial to learn as in a couple of years when you live by yourself you are going to have to do taxes and it is hard to pick up and learn on the spot. You also are going to need insurance such ass life, car, health, and home. As well as building a solid credit score which could start while in high school. It would be better that in high school they would have taught us that as well how mortgages. down payments, and insurance works. These topics would’ve been great to learn as in a couple of years buying a car or renting a apartment would be easier to get through if you have the prior knowledge you had in high school.

I was somebody who was really lazy and never wanted to wake up in the morning and go to school. Around 9th grade this became the biggest turning point for me in education as my parents had to leave at 5 am everyday and I had to wake myself up around 7 am to get ready for school. This just didn’t work for me as I am a deep sleeper. So I missed 70% of 9th grade due to that fact. No motivation in my life to get me to school. When you miss a lot of days of school you tend to miss a lot of work. Because of that I had to go to summer school. When I found out about that I was just like whatever its only for a month.

That summer was very challenging for me. Waking up everyday on time and taking a packed bus and walking to school in the heat. It was a nightmare in my eyes. Wasting seven to eight hours in total a day on this all because of my dumb mistake. This is the driving force that motivated me to not miss school and make sure I got there and did my work so that I never had to experience another summer where all I did for a month and a half was go to school.

 

I  have a couple ingredients for the education narrative genre. From both readings I saw how the authors reminisce about their past and issues they dealt with. As well as bringing up topics such as race, and not belonging and tying that in with education and learning and shaping your future self. I also believe that in a education narrative genre there is emotions that should connect with other people. This would be a perfect place for me to start for my narrative as I’ve had experiences in the past with education that shaped me and made me learn. Ive failed grades and have had injuries where I didn’t feel comfortable coming back to school from. These helped change me and my education. The concern is if these are big enough to write about in my opinion. Are these emotional and deep enough to write about? One educational narrative I had was failing a grade. I missed a lot of school just due to the fact that I was lazy and couldn’t wake myself up in time. This resulted in me missing a lot of time in school and missing work. I had to go to summer school which by far is the worst. I met friends and had fun but waking up early, taking a packed bus, and having to spend six to seven hours a day on school in the summer sucked. It taught to push myself for the better of my time and my educations time.