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This 3 page paper discusses several issues raised in the book “Rereading America,” in particular about the American education system. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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America. Discussion Rose/Kozol/McFarland: Mike Roses experiences in school were the result of a mistake: there were two students named "Rose" and the administration mixed them up and put Mike in
Vocational Training rather than College Prep (Rose). What he found there were mostly unqualified teachers, bored and violent students, and a sense that nothing anybody did was going to make
a difference. Vocational training, he says, is where school put students . But into this mess came Jack McFarland, who was at Mercy because he wanted to be
there-he loved teaching and was determined to "teach his heart out" (Rose ). He ignited a love of learning in Mike that has lasted to this day; he is apparently
one of those "natural teachers" who are so passionate about their subject that they make their students passionate as well. One of the most interesting things about Roses school years
was that he rode the bus, which meandered through Los Angeles and picked up a whole bunch of kids-white, black, Hispanic, whatever (Rose). Not only that, but they all got
along, were friends, played (and fought); there is no sense of racial discrimination in Roses reminiscences of his years at Mercy. Kozols observations are quite different, and sadly so. He
puts it right out there: Americas schools are as segregated now as they were in the 1950s, only in some ways its worse because no one wants to admit that
there is still a problem. He argues that schools, school boards and the media use the word "diverse" to describe schools that are 95% black, 2% Asian, 2% Hispanic and
1% white-an exercise in semantics that keeps people blind to the truth of the matter. He also notes that the schools that teach primarily minority children are chronically underfunded; teachers
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