The stories that we as a class were assigned to read both tie into each other in specific ways. In the stories “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” And “ I Just Wanna Be Average” tell a story from a student's perspective, And how a student can run into challenges. “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” is more general,and based on you as a college student. In the story“ I Just Wanna Be Average” is based around one kid who was put into a program that ultimately set him back. That story shows how a simple mistake could damage a kid's future. Both of the specific stories involve school,and the challenges that could occur during the time you spend while you are at school. The way a kid treats his education is affected
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Most students are not as confident to speak up for what they believe in if the majority of the crowd says what they believe in is not correct, or impossible. In the story “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” Colombo states “Culture shapes the way we think; it tells us what “makes sense.” (Colombo 2) This certain quote ties in Mike Rose’s story when Rose states “The vocational track, however, is most often a place for those who are just not making it, a dumping ground for disaffected.”( Rose 126) Both quotes are significant in a student's growth in education. In the society that we live in, most students follow rather than lead in any situation rather than speaking up for what they believe as a whole. In Mike Rose’s story kids that are put through a vocational track do not grow to their full potential, because they are taught repetitive information. Rather than expanding the student’s knowledge the teachers stunt the students' …show more content…
We as a human want to fit in, but in our life a person will have to learn how to overcome this embarrassment. In “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” Colombo states that “But as a culture binds us together, it also selectively blinds us.”(Colombo 3) and this quote ties in with Rose’s story when a student has to act “dumb” to avoid an insult in the story states “It is a powerful and effective defense- it neutralizes the insult and the frustration of being a vocational kid and, when perfected it drives teachers up the wall.” (Rose 128) Most students have to learn how to overcome the fear of being challenged on a belief whether it’s considered to be right or wrong. In the classroom most students are afraid of being called out for answering a question wrong, or simply asking a question when you are
Most students are not as confident to speak up for what they believe in if the majority of the crowd says what they believe in is not correct, or impossible. In the story “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” Colombo states “Culture shapes the way we think; it tells us what “makes sense.” (Colombo 2) This certain quote ties in Mike Rose’s story when Rose states “The vocational track, however, is most often a place for those who are just not making it, a dumping ground for disaffected.”( Rose 126) Both quotes are significant in a student's growth in education. In the society that we live in, most students follow rather than lead in any situation rather than speaking up for what they believe as a whole. In Mike Rose’s story kids that are put through a vocational track do not grow to their full potential, because they are taught repetitive information. Rather than expanding the student’s knowledge the teachers stunt the students' …show more content…
We as a human want to fit in, but in our life a person will have to learn how to overcome this embarrassment. In “Thinking Critically, Challenging, Cultural Myths” Colombo states that “But as a culture binds us together, it also selectively blinds us.”(Colombo 3) and this quote ties in with Rose’s story when a student has to act “dumb” to avoid an insult in the story states “It is a powerful and effective defense- it neutralizes the insult and the frustration of being a vocational kid and, when perfected it drives teachers up the wall.” (Rose 128) Most students have to learn how to overcome the fear of being challenged on a belief whether it’s considered to be right or wrong. In the classroom most students are afraid of being called out for answering a question wrong, or simply asking a question when you are