Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's UnderpreparedRemedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient--these are the stigmas that define the educational underclass to which Mike Rose once belonged. Here, he tells of his personal journey from a Los Angeles ghetto to a major research university, bringing a vital challenge to those who must shape America's educational agenda. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictBecause a teacher believed in him, Rose (writing program, UCLA) was able to escape from poverty and go to college. There he floundered, unfamiliar with the conventions and demands of academic ... Read full review
Contents
Entering the Conversation | 39 |
The Poem Is a Substitute for Love | 67 |
Literate Stirrings | 85 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's Underprepared |
| Authors | Mike Rose, Michael Anthony Rose |
| Publisher | Free Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 17, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0029268214, 9780029268216 |
| Length | 255 pages |
| Subjects | › Education / General |
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