Rose is a young man who was sent to a vocational high school because, his test scores were mixed up with someone Else's. The story shows how he was put into classes with teachers that couldn't control the class to teachers that didn't care. Surrounded by peers with little ambitions to succeed. Finally a teacher realized that his test scores were consistently above average for the students attending the vocational high school. So he was placed into a college prep high school where he met an English teacher who recaptured his interest in reading and writing, After meeting this teacher Rose is able to attend college and become a successful writer.
1. From what we learned from our own experiences and from what we learned from reading about Rose, does the public education system really provide an equal opportunity for everyone to succeed?
2. Do you feel Rose's experience with education can be used to model ,or depict, what goes on in our modern public education system?
5 comments:
I think that our school system does give all students equal opportunity for learning. Vocational studies may be aimed toward students that are not as advanced but the whole reason why the program is there is for their benefit. Thus, instead of these slower students being mixed in with those that are doing fine, they are put into courses that help them learn better and are to their pace. I feel that Rose is a specific case of the school system failing its students in the sense that he was put into the wrong classes thus it is not a good example to use to generalize how well education in America is.
I think school system's give equal opportunity. Some school's may give a little more or less than others depending on how big the school is. Most the school's do try to accomadate everyone so one is left behind. I know in my school they helped out the kids as best as they could.
I think that schools do provide equal oppotunity. They have programs set up to meet students specific needs. Sometimes there are so many students that some go unoticed. Most of the time though, if a student doesn't succeed it is because of their own reasons, not because of the school. I dont think its really about the school having equal oppotunity, because they do, it's whether or not the students take advantage of it.
I believe that the public education in the United States is not up to standards. I know someone who is really artistic and creative, but does not like math, and reading, and he didn't "succeed" in school so he's in the vocational center, also. He really is talented as an artist, but no one would be able to recognize it.
I agree with what everyone says, our public school systems aren't pushing their students, and working to improve their talents.
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