Read the book '' Lives on the Boundary'' Mike Rose

1) Make sure you have read and understand Chapter 8 of Lives on the Boundary.  You need to be able to answer the following question:  What is the "canon" that Rose keeps talking about?  What is your experience with the canon he not only talks about but references examples of multiple times throughout the book?

2) Create a post (Due by Tuesday @ 11:59pm), by responding to two (2) of the following questions about Lives on the Boundary Chapter 8 "Crossing Boundaries."  When answering these questions, be specific and explain!  Since we can't speak for other friends, other students, or a community that we are not a part of, be sure that your specific examples are real, tangible experiences of your own.  Also, be sure to label which question you are answering.  Each response should be at least one paragraph long (7+ sentences per paragraph).  

1)  Read the following quote:  "A friend of mine recently suggested that education is one culture embracing another.  It's interesting to think of the very different ways that metaphor plays out.  Education can be a desperate, smothering embrace, and embrace that denies the needs of the other.  But education can also be an encouraging, communal embrace - at its best an invitation, an opening" (225).  Do you agree with this statement?  Why or why not?  Be specific and detailed in answering this question.  

2)  Read the following quote: "More often than we admit, a failed education is social more than intellectual in origin" (225).  How is education "social"?  Why does Rose have such a big problem the "canon" (historically used/referenced texts) in higher education?  How does teaching the canon alienate many students?  On the other hand, what happens if no one learns the canon?  

3) Rose describes education as "an extraordinary social experiment" (238).  How has this book changed the way you look at your education thus far?  What specific situations in Rose's book could you relate to?  How has this book affected the way you view your future education (teacher/student relationship, using outside resources, perseverance when confused, difficulty of attaining higher education, rigor of classes in the future, etc.)?

	•	Grading.. (Please take a look)
	•	make each post substantial and meaningful by using at least one detailed example from the assigned reading (or a cited outside source) to support your point or idea
	•	Make your posts connect to others by referring to what others have said, adding your own ideas, and then encouraging a response by possibly asking a follow-up question
	•	Make your posts substantial and meaningful by making them at least a paragraph (7+ complete sentences) in length
	•	Make your posts easy to read and understand by writing in Standard Edited English and proofreading carefully
	•	Make your posts easy to understand by having the title of your post clearly identify the post’s content