Embracing the past to see the future of American Education.

Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” essay sheds light on troubled youth within the public school system. It makes you long for the days of American pride and service. Students placed in “tracks” to utilize overcrowded and faulty test systems. Identity lost due to poor instruction and lack of motivation. The influx of shattered images brought forth by the “Report of the French Commission on American Education, 1879” reminds us of a time long …

…cornerstone of American society. Cookie cutter molds are what the education systems of both are driven to achieve. The similarity of each essay states that education is something for America. Education should not be for the purpose of individuality, but to keep everyone in the designated place assigned to him or her. “Report of the French Commission on American Education, 1879”. ReReading America. 1998. Pages 159-163. “I Just Wanna be Average”. Mike Rose. ReReading America. 1998. Pages 174-185.