Hello
to all my viewers. These past couple days I have been reading exerts from
Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read” and Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna be Average”, two
pieces about unlikely and unique education.
Both
Mike Rose and Malcolm X are generally regarded as quite intelligent men. Surprising
based on their education and how they obtained it. Mike Rose was wrongly placed
into the Vocational Education program at his Catholic high school. A program
designed for below-standard students. This was the result of his testing
results being confused with another student. Students placed in this program
were often thought to be future deadbeats. However, Rose is now a published
poet, has written published textbooks.
On
the other side of the spectrum, I remember Malcolm X once answered “Books.” When
asked what his Alma Mater was.
All
this goes to show that an education can be obtained regardless of one’s
position in life, and the most unlikely people can turn out to be
intellectuals. X and Rose both found education through less than conventional
means. Unlike Rose, X’s education was mostly sponsored in a prison library, but
this supports the point that anyone can receive education with work. Until next
time; thanks for reading. -Garrett
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