1. Rose’s life in Voc. Ed. Sounded rough and showed that he and his friends had very little chance of gaining any sort of descent education through the program. With a slew of teachers who had given up, been beaten down, or were just plain inept in the first place how could these students have a chance? I am very glade I have never had to experience teachers like that.
2. Rose and his fellow students were hindered and in a lot of cases even dumbed down by they’re Voc. Ed experience. It lumped them all together as the trouble students, the “slow” students, and the stoners. It put negative stereotypes on them and made them feel bad about themselves before they even had a chance to try. This was a major factor in why rose was uninterested and intimidated by his schoolwork.
3. High school can be so disorienting because so much is happening all at once. You have both educational and social stress while also tackling the difficult task of figuring out who you are, where you are, and where you want to be. Ken Harvey Coped with all of this by taking on the role of the dumb stoner that had been unjustly applied to him. Unfortunately this is a common defense against these labels and even worse some students turn to drugs and alcohol.
4. I personally don’t find college to be disorienting although at times it has been intimidating. I think if you find yourself overwhelmed and disoriented by school you just need to take a step back and breath school will still be there when your done giving yourself some air.
5. My experience with education has been far different then mike roses. I have always had and least adequate teachers, not that I got along with all of them, but all of them were decent to great teachers. I also didn’t have to deal with unjust negative stereotypes being placed on me from the start.
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