EN12: Alexie's "Indian Education"

Originally posted September 9, 2010

As we discuss "coming of age" literature, we'll obviously spend a lot of time talking about school, and the lessons we learn at school. School teaches us much more than English, history, health, science, and math; it also teaches us how to work with others and to be responsible. We learn just as much from our experiences in school as we do from our teachers (yes, I'll admit that...)--it's all about how we handle things, and the lessons we take away.

Today in class we talked about Sherman Alexie's powerful piece, "Indian Education." We discussed the lessons that the character/narrator, Victor, learned while in school. We'll continue to discuss this story and these lessons--were they "right"? Here's the basic breakdown that we talked about today:

Ewww...the board looks pretty dirty, but the ideas are genius.