Response to "Literacy Autobiography"

Response to “Literacy Autobiography”

            My present educational story is not a good one.  I have been in school ever since I graduated high school. I was kind of forced to continue my education by my parents. My mother told me I had no other choice. I really didn’t want to start college right away. I wanted to just work and travel the states. But that is not okay with my parents.  College is not was I expected, I thought it would be a little easier. I had a couple of classes that I didn’t do so well in.  During the time I thought I was doing well, but I wasn’t. My mom was not happy about the classes I didn’t do well in.  She told me to straighten up or find somewhere to live.

            I have learned that I need to start studying harder. And not try to be like my friends, who didn’t attend college and just lived at home with no job. I also learned that college is going to get harder as I take more classes. I have time to actually decide what I want to do. I have gained that you have to be successful with what you love to do. My views changed only a little bit on education and college. My ability of doing school homework has been a challenged. Not having a very affected high school experience, I have a hard time during simple school work. So whether college is for me or not, I will always have education experiences in my life.     

Task Three

      
          The same as the students in Kozol book "Save Inequalities: Children in America's School", the inner city school I attended was mostly nonwhite. In addition, the school conditions were the same as well. I had to go to a school that had heat but wouldn't turn it on because they thought the students would stay awake during class. As the same as in the high schools in "Save Inequalities: Children in America's School", our school had students that had to live in the "ghetto" or the "dead zone".   They were the students that the teachers had no hope for.