Maya Angelou Still I Rise Analysis

Ethics In Transition In the poem “Still I Rise”, by Maya Angelou she often refers to people who put her down and ridiculed her, but she had the confidence and willpower to not let those people affect her dreams or personality in a negative way, instead she used her critics negatives comments as fuel inside of her to overcome many obstacles. The work given in high school can not be compared to the work we get in college. I feel like high school did not prepare me enough for college as far as the workload and standards go. High school lacked many things in preparing me for college, teachers were satisfied as long as you did the work. They did not teach us to be perfectionist which is a trait needed to be successful in college, they were okay with accepting sub par work and rewarding it with a decent or good enough grade.

I feel as if the teachers should have held us to higher standards so we could become better students; I also feel that the system in high school doesn 't worry too much about us learning but more about us passing and getting that chapter in our lives over with. These obstacles keep us from developing a strong work …show more content…
Teachers were also lenient on the student 's performance, meaning I could turn in late work, miss days and I would still have a strong chance of passing or getting a good grade. All these exceptions were difficult to overcome because it 's something I did as a high school student throughout four years, so it became second nature, not something I did on purpose. Teachers in high school need to realize that them putting an emphasis on us needing to pass does not help or get us ready for college. When I was in high school, I often times left things to be done at the last minute, I was not organized to my fullest potential and I did not always try in turning in my best