Rose, Franklin, and X

How do these three papers even begin to compare? There are many different ways. Including of course the generation of each. While each paper does describe an educational experience, not one of them is it a happy experience that can be blamed on a true "teacher" That they have more in common, to show what they learned not from a class room but in fact from life. Even in the case of Mike Rose, you can see the experience of a bad classroom environment was what lead him to eventually overcome his indemnity. For each of the papers there isn't so much room to explain away their shortcomings without holding their parents and teachers accountable. Who ever heard of a president not completing his schooling?! If Franklins father had known his sons eventual job, I think he would have put a bit more emphasis on his sons education. However, it doesn't seem as likely that either the others would have that advantage. There is hardly a child in the country that can be a street drug dealer and say his parents gave him every good opinion of school. Mike Rose doesn't lend his parents much credit either. In this way each of the papers has that in common. The differences are of each experience. Franklin talks of his desire to read books especially of poetry. Malcom X also tells of his continuous desire to constantly be reading. Mike Rose does not speak of his love of learning or of reading. His paper seems to be the most different in each of these ways. In each paper, there is a lesson to be learned of the writers overcoming some obstacle which has them learning something. The differences are not as evident as the similarities. It is easier to find the similarities because of the theme of our first paper. I enjoyed reading each of these immensly and also would enjoy learning more about each of their lives.