MacFarland, who he really looked up to. MacFarland and Rose became close, MacFarland even influenced and then helped him get into college. One can surely see by the way Rose talks about his relationship with MacFarland that he had nothing except a positive impact on Rose's life, "Jack Macfarland couldn't have come into my life at a better time" (189).
Rose tells an abundant amount of personal stories through out the whole story he is telling. The personal stories can relate and tie to a lot of students in school, "learning dead end skills from teachers who were often unprepared or incompetent" (182). It is very important teachers understand the importance and responsibility of their role that is in student's everyday lives, they shape the way students think, and understand everyday education we use. During the essay Ken Harvey mentions that he just wants to be average and considers himself to be below average while Rose is thinking to himself what an absurd comment it was but it actually stuck with him for years and made him really think. When an individual is constantly told that they are not smart, they can't do this or that it lowers their confidence and self esteem and they actually start working at that level and not reaching their full potential "Students will float to the mark you set" (185). Teachers or professors have many responsibilities including the most important one which is knowing and making sure that themselves and the students they are teaching understand every single lesson that they deliver them. Rose's outlook on .
Mike Rose is constantly using imagery by setting the scene and placing us in the story. Just in the beginning of the story describing everything he sees on his way to school on the bus that you could picture it in your head "drifted through the neighborhoods with trees, parks, big lawns, and lots of flowers" (183).