In the essay "The Achievement of Desire" Richard Rodriguez reminisces about his experiences as a scholarship boy. ... His brother and sisters also contributed to his desire to acquire as much knowledge as he possibly could. ... This question becomes a leitmotif for the essay. ... His father found him reading in the closet. His mother found him reading when he was supposed to be asleep or playing outside. ...
Two years later as I began to work on this essay for my University of Washington English class, I remembered this puzzling feeling. ... I remembered then, in Patricia Limerick's essay " The Empire of Innocence", Limerick had claimed "humans live in a world in which mental reality does not have to submit to narrow tests of accuracy"(417). ... Richard Rodriguez, author of the essay "The Achievement of Desire", in which Rodriguez evaluates his education and its impact on his life says "It mattered that education was changing me. ... My brothers and sisters would giggle at our mother's...
Higher-class kids also are more often found in high academic tracks than lower-class kids are (Oakes, 64-65; Spring, 83). ... In Ain't No Makin' It, MacLeod gave us an example of the parents who couldn't offer their kids much more than encouragement: the "Brothers- had high goals and worked hard, but in almost every case failed to reach their goals. ... These problems are more often found in lower-class homes than in higher-class homes. ... Some schools have found ways to deal with cultural differences, such as the way Lincoln High School dealt with the Hallway Hangers in MacLeo...
