Mike Rose

Rose and the rest of the students had a poor educational life in Voc. Ed. The teachers didn't really like their jobs so they didn't teach well and mistreated the students. Basically Voc. Ed. is, not just as Rose described it as being a dead end for students, but is also a dead end for teachers. Voc. Ed. failed to teach the students important skills that they would need later in life and failed to provide some motivation for learning the subjects. But Voc. Ed.'s failure for teaching is not an acceptable excuse for Rose and the other students to fail in classes such as math. High school was most likely disorienting to Ken Harvey because different people kept telling him different things and because he sees people from ways of life. He realized that he most likely would not become great in life and instead of working hard, decided that he was content with being average. It was a realistic view of his future and it worked for him and allowed him to cope with everything that was thrown at him. This text shows students that don't really care about their education and they were dumped by the education system and left to fend for themselves. They weren't stupid they just lacked will and motivation which ended up ruining their education. At different points in my education and other activities I lacked motivation and therefore sucked at the subject or activity, but once I decided to find motivation then I was able to improve in the area. The hardest part about learning or improving in something is finding the motivation, but once you do that all you have to do is practice.