Analytical Essay 2





Abstract

This analytical article is based on the works of two prominent educationists - Mike Rose and Maya Angelou. The central theme of this essay hovers around the two of the works - I Just Want to Be Average and Graduation - by Mike Rose and Maya Angelou Respectively. Furthermore, a general description of this essay and the relationship between the both is the discussion of this essay. However, this is done with an analysis of the complimentary effect of one on another and ultimately how both of these works make the whole image pertaining to the life of a type school student.

Analytical Essay 2

Introduction

Education is in its general sense is a kind of learning in which various skills, knowledge and habits of a person or a group are transformed from one generation to another. However, this subject is of one of the main subjects of many scholar and writers of various periods. Many a times, researcher and poets from different field of life have showed their interest in these particular subjects and written tremendous work. Over the period of time, the history has many chronicles, which have market presence of such people, who by dint of the writing transformed the conventional paradigms of education and endeavors towards a new horizon (Hollands, 2013).

Mike Rose and Maya Angelou are two of the prominent personalities within the field of education whom work has set a benchmark in the history. As a matter of fact, Mike rose is an American Scholar and is well known for his contribution in the field of literacy for the working class. On the other hand, Maya Angelou is an American author and poet, who have published several works including essay, poetry. Both of these eminent personalities, by and large, have contributed equally in the field of education.

This analytical article, however, demonstrates a comparative study of the works of Mike Rose and Maya Angelou. Primarily, the essays which are used in comparison to each other are “I Just Wanna Be Average by Mike Rose” and “Graduation by Maya Angelou”. All in all; the subject involved in both of this work is related to each other in many regards. Thus, this essay intends to present an overhaul of each of works. However, from an analytical point of view, their impact, connection and complements support each other.

Discussion

“I Just Wanna Be Average by Mike Rose”

In “I Just Wanna Be Average” Mike Rose recall his years of vocational school, which informally is known as bottom level class. As a matter of fact, the inclination of Mike Rose in this particular class was an accident. However, he decided to keep his enrollment operational with the students of lower level. Rose, in this particular work, describes the teachers, fellow students and other observations, during the course of his article. Rose, sheds light in his essay that teachers in the class were seen to be having a lack of concern for teaching and ...