One thing that Mark , Richard and Malcolm had in common were their thoughts of education, but they had different backgrounds. Their past was hard and they thought that education was not worth it and a waste of time. Some of them were influenced by drug and gangs or they were driven apart from their family. Education/learning had a great effect in their lives .
Richard Rodriguez was part of a Mexican family, that struggled with money. His mother had instructed him not to write in his books so eventually they could sell them “In our house each school year would begin with mothers carefully instructed don't write in your books so we can sell them at the end of the year “(2).He struggled with reading so he started reading out loud. Teachers thought that he was behind so they put him in special classes. Thanks to that his family told him to only talk in English and since they didn't speak they didn’t talk and that drove the family apart. Like he said “If, because of …show more content…
In the article of kaffir boy he thought about that education is important to get out of poverty Mark lived in a poor part of South Africa “Money to send kids was grossly lacking “(1),when white people were taking over and people putting black people in small villages. Mark didn't like the idea of school, and started hanging out with the bad kids. One day his mother dragged him to school, he saw how much his struggle his mom went through to see him get an education. Later that day his mom and dad got in a fight which lead to his mom getting badly injured. His mother told him “I want you to have a future, child, and contrary to what your father says. School is the only means to a future. I don't want you to grown up to be like your father”(9). With that he realized how much education meant to his mother and get to school and became an author, lecturer, and a former collegiate tennis player and college
Richard Rodriguez was part of a Mexican family, that struggled with money. His mother had instructed him not to write in his books so eventually they could sell them “In our house each school year would begin with mothers carefully instructed don't write in your books so we can sell them at the end of the year “(2).He struggled with reading so he started reading out loud. Teachers thought that he was behind so they put him in special classes. Thanks to that his family told him to only talk in English and since they didn't speak they didn’t talk and that drove the family apart. Like he said “If, because of …show more content…
In the article of kaffir boy he thought about that education is important to get out of poverty Mark lived in a poor part of South Africa “Money to send kids was grossly lacking “(1),when white people were taking over and people putting black people in small villages. Mark didn't like the idea of school, and started hanging out with the bad kids. One day his mother dragged him to school, he saw how much his struggle his mom went through to see him get an education. Later that day his mom and dad got in a fight which lead to his mom getting badly injured. His mother told him “I want you to have a future, child, and contrary to what your father says. School is the only means to a future. I don't want you to grown up to be like your father”(9). With that he realized how much education meant to his mother and get to school and became an author, lecturer, and a former collegiate tennis player and college