In “I Just Wanna Be Average,” Mike

In “I Just Wanna Be Average,” Mike Rose recounts his years in vocational school, also
known as the bottom level classes. Rose was placed in these classes by accident, but
decided to keep his enrollment with the lower level students. Rose goes in depth about his
teachers, fellow classmates, and observations throughout his essay. He explains that his
teachers act like they could care less about teaching their students and instead use
physical violence or a lack of lesson plans to control them. Rose also notes the various
personalities of his classmates. He comments that many of them have no desire to learn
and are notorious for slacking off, partying, and getting into fights. Although these kids
seem to be a mess, Rose notes special qualities about them that show their true
personalities and that they aren‟t just troublemakers. One classmate that really stood out
to Rose was Ken Harvey, who when asked for an opinion about working hard to reach
achievement, said he just „wanted to be average.‟ Rose expands on this statement by
explaining why he thinks this, and how crazy and confusing life is while in your school
years, and that by embracing average standards, kids can catch their breath and just live
and move on. As Rose puts it, „Reject the confusion and frustration by openly defining
yourself as the common Joe.‟ (187). Rose questions this concept and realizes that when
he eventually moves out of the vocational program, he had a similar attitude to that of
Harvey‟s and wasn‟t sure how to survive in a typical school setting. Later in his life,
Rose‟s father dies and he is left alone. At this point, a new teacher named Mr.
MacFarland comes to teach senior English at Rose‟s school. He is described as disorderly
and eccentric. Rose comes to find that he deeply admires MacFarland because he
genuinely cares for his students and pushes them to work hard. Rose finds himself more
interested in school than ever, and eventually MacFarland convinces him to pursue a
college education. Through hard work and the support of MacFarland, Rose ends up
going to college while also finding himself and who he truly is.

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

In “I Just Wanna Be Average,” Mike Rose recounts his years in vocational school, alsoknown as the bottom level classes. Rose was placed in these classes by accident, butdecided to keep his enrollment with the lower level students. Rose goes in depth about histeachers, fellow classmates, and observations throughout his essay. He explains that histeachers act like they could care less about teaching their students and instead usephysical violence or a lack of lesson plans to control them. Rose also notes the variouspersonalities of his classmates. He comments that many of them have no desire to learnand are notorious for slacking off, partying, and getting into fights. Although these kidsseem to be a mess, Rose notes special qualities about them that show their truepersonalities and that they aren‟t just troublemakers. One classmate that really stood outto Rose was Ken Harvey, who when asked for an opinion about working hard to reachachievement, said he just „wanted to be average.‟ Rose expands on this statement byexplaining why he thinks this, and how crazy and confusing life is while in your schoolyears, and that by embracing average standards, kids can catch their breath and just liveand move on. As Rose puts it, „Reject the confusion and frustration by openly definingyourself as the common Joe.‟ (187). Rose questions this concept and realizes that whenhe eventually moves out of the vocational program, he had a similar attitude to that ofHarvey‟s và wasn‟t chắc chắn làm thế nào để tồn tại trong một khung cảnh điển hình học. Sau này trong cuộc sống của mình,Rose‟s cha qua đời và ông còn lại một mình. Tại thời điểm này, một giáo viên mới được đặt theo tên ông.MacFarland nói đến giảng dạy tiếng Anh cao cấp tại trường học Rose‟s. Ông được mô tả như gây mất trật tựvà lập dị. Rose nói đến thấy rằng ông ngưỡng mộ sâu MacFarland bởi vì ôngthực sự quan tâm cho học sinh của mình và đẩy chúng làm việc chăm chỉ. Rose thấy mình nhiều hơn nữaquan tâm đến việc học hơn bao giờ hết, và cuối cùng MacFarland thuyết phục ông theo đuổi mộtgiáo dục đại học. Thông qua công việc khó khăn và sự hỗ trợ của MacFarland, Rose kết thúc lênđi đến trường đại học trong khi cũng tìm mình và ông thực sự là ai.