I Just Wanna Be Average

"I Just Wanna Be Average" by Mike Rose is a great essay about how an inadequate school system can result in lack of ambition for it's students., to illustrate this point rose share his personal experiences concerning schools with the reader. Starting with his first year of high school he was counted out, going so far as to place him on the vocational track, and all because they confused with another Rose. If the school does not believe in the students enough to at least offer them the same classes then how can they be expected to excel.

The answer is they can't. After so much time suffering at the hands of inept teachers rose had lost all ambition in respect to the extraordinary, so much to the point that his goal was "I just wanna be average." A student may see this as a contradiction of the traditional goals of self excellence, but someone can only withstand so much ineptitude before it has an effect on them, so much so that they see mediocrity as a viable goal, so much for a future.

Ultimately Rose had his interest in learning piqued by a memorable english teacher who challenged him to rise above his surrounding and reach for something more. I know from my own experiences that that one inspirational teacher can make all the difference, we are able to learn from them and reach for something more than we have like Rose did we will be so much happier.