A Homemade Education By Malcolm X Analysis

The article "A Homemade Education" by Malcolm X was about how he taught himself how to read and write while being incarcerated. While he was in prison, he would write letter to Mr. Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Muslim sect Nation of Islam. While writing those letters to Mr. Elijah Muhammad Malcolm realized how bad his knowledge was. Being at the Charlestown Prison led him to meeting Bimbi. When Malcolm met Bimbi he was jealous of him, the jealousy towards Bimbi came from the knowledge he had. The knowledge that Bimbi had made him the center of attention, which Malcolm was used to from when he was back on the streets. With not being able to show his emotions in the letters to Mr. Muhammad without talking in slang and with Bimbi being …show more content…
Most students do take their education seriously and have a successful high school career. However, there are students who do not give much importance to this fact and waste their learning little during those four years and earning worthless diplomas." This is a major problem that needs to be taken care of so that students have a positive high school experience. There are three major solutions that could help students have a positive high school experience. The three major solutions that could help students have a positive high school experience is motivation, support, and time …show more content…
When most people think about where their support comes from they would say their family. Support comes from anyone that wants you to do better. People that can support you can be your siblings, parents, teachers, friends, and mentors. Having support affects students mentally and physically. One type of support is mental support. “Children who prefer to read books rather than play football, prefer to build model airplanes than get wasted at parties with their classmates, become social outcast “(Fridman 84). Because there are students that become social outcast because they like to do academic things to help them learn more is where they might need the support at. When students become social outcasts it could affect them during their high school experience because not having any friends to support them could hurt them mentally. Another type of support that affects students is physical support. “Average professional ballplayers are much more respected and better paid than faculty members of the best universities” (Fridman 84). This could affect them physically because with them failing their class they might not be able to play in the games, would led them to not coming to class or even school. Since physical support is when you have someone to help motivate you to go to class, not having the support when it comes to going to class could affect your negative way. Having support affects students