Using the excerpt from Mike Rose's Lives on the Boundary, compare your educational journey to the author's in a three- to five-page paper.
Mike Rose is a first-generation American Italian who grew up desperately poor and was "tracked" into remedial classes throughout his education. Although his parents had few resources, they valued education (sometimes more than he did), and tried to give him what he
needed to succeed. He prevailed, and is now one of the leading education reformers.
Consider what Rose has to say about his early education and compare your own education experiences to his: does your culture value
education, or are you going against tradition? Do you have the opposite problem, that you feel pressured into attending college and excelling?
Have you "turned off" in classes before because you were not engaged in what was going on? This is a compare and contrast, so be sure you are using the text.
Review the pages in Rules for Writers on APA style and handouts to make sure you introduce your sources properly and use signal phrases to integrate your quotes.
- Use quotes from the text to illustrate Rose's experience that you are comparing to your education.
- All of your quotes should be integrated into sentences. Use APA style and have a References page.
- Have an imaginative title that is not the name of one of the works being discussed.
Attachment:- Mike Rose.rar