Alexie’s story, Superman and Me was extremely powerful and motivating. The purpose of his essay was to convince and encourage readers to never stop learning, and to always read. He used his own personal struggles to deliver a message. I never knew that school life on a reservation was that unpleasant. I had the assumption that schools on reservations were far more advanced than schools off the reservation. I was also surprised when he talked about how Indian students were not expected to succeed. The goal of every teacher no matter what class, race, age, or gender you teach, should be to guide and provide tools for students to become intelligent and successful members of society. They should not be teaching students to expect failure. I feel
