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Tyrone Galito a great extent professor Tania J Quinn 100 las Experience, Learning and personal identity January 4, 2011 Malcolm x, self-educated his self in prison, and gained self confidence in reading and writing. I render myself in the same piazza. My whole life I mat I was in prison in the labor pasture force. I am attempting to self educate myself at the college of smart Rochelle. In an attempt to perplex a degree, so I can improve my finical situation. I am my biggest mentor at this point in my life, and you (Professor Quinn) seem to hold rearwards a great influence on my education.Your energy and your soulfulnessal stories inspire me to call back in myself. Like the tutor in educating Rita he believed in Ritas ability that she could learn and change her life well-nigh. My goal is to be a give way writer and receive my under graduate Degree, and eventually acquire my master degree in teaching, and one day becoming a teacher. The thing that held me back from achi eving a College degree in the past was family. I was however wish Ritas husband who wanted a family, and in my situation I was thinking with the wrong head.I had a son, and had to fight down my family, so I got a second chore to make more(prenominal) money, and drop off of cultivate. The allegory of the cave According to those nutrition inside the cave, their perceptual experience was their worldly concern, and these muckle who stayed inside the cave could non see the light and were non airfoil to new ideas, but those who left out-of-door the cave had a greater understanding of the lights reality and realized there was more to life. It would have been hard to return later on finding this new knowledge. Galimore 2 Malcolm X wrote to the minister Elijah Muhammad at least twenty-five times.He must have written that first one-page letter to him, over and over. Malcolm was trying to make it twain legible and understandable. He practically couldnt read his own handwriting it shamed him to even remember this. Malcolms spelling and his grammar was as bad, if not worse. Any authority, as well as he could express it, he said, Malcolm had been told virtually Elijah Muhammad by his brothers and sisters, and Malcolm apologized for his poor letter written. (Alex Haley p. 173) My whole life I felt entrapped to the life style I was living.A dingy collar worker just barely able to pay the rent and feed my family. On the argumentation I felt the likes of a professional worker receiving migratory workers pay. My professional skills were fine tuned to perfection, and my bosses and co-workers endlessly gave me the highest compliments when it came to my work performance. Promotions on the job came up frequently, and these lines would be posted publicly next to the staffs mail boxes where I could see them daily. The frustrating thing was I could not apply for any of these positions because I was unqualified.Most of these positions required a College Degree, r oundthing I did not have. Galimore 3 It was because of Malcolm letters that he happened to stumble upon starting to acquire some kind of a homemade education. Malcolm was increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what he wanted to convey in letters that Malcolm wrote, especially those to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. In the streets, Malcolm had commanded attention when he said something. besides now, trying to write simple English, he not only wasnt articulate, Malcolm wasnt even functional.How would he sound writing in slang, the way he would say it, something such as, look, daddy, let me pull your coat nigh a cat, Elijah MuhammadMany who today hear Malcolm somewhere in person, or on television, or those who read something he said, will think Malcolm went to school far beyond the eighth grade. This impression is due entirely to Malcolms prison studies. (Alex Haley p. 174) I realized by not have a degree my finical situation would not change. Sure I could get another job, but th ats what led to the breakup of my family.Working to many hours and not spending quality time with them (workaholic). I also felt like I had no real respect given to me in the position I was in, and felt I was afraid to go back to college because I did not want anyone to know I was a college dropout. My handwriting, spelling, and grammar need progression also. The college of New Rochelle is giving me the confidence to take charge my future. Galimore 4 Rita set about many obstacles in her academic progression. She had two main obstructions, one was her running(a) class background and the second was her husband Denny.Dennys views are very(prenominal) traditional when it comes to the role of a woman. He failed to support her education and tried his best to distract her whenever he could. In the end the marriage failed because of Ritas pursuit of her studies. Socially Rita was confused, around her family she felt that she can be better and do something better with her life than just have children and be a support system to her husband, but in the other hand when around her peers she felt inferior to her fellow students for they were so knowledgeable and she had nothing to gurgle about.Even with her not being certain where exactly she fit in Rita up to now maintained enough confidence to push forward and make her goals. I faced many of the same obstacles in my academic progressions as Rita did. My work background was always in a blue collar capacity, always missing out on job advancement opportunities which meant better salaries of me. allow my finical responsibility to my family first instead for going back to college and complemental my degree requirements. This would have put me in a better position to spend more time raising my kids.Dont look at this in a negative way, my kids are doing fine and turned out to be great young men, but if I had it to do over. gold and Quality time is a good recipe for a happy relationship. Today I maintained enough conf idences to push forward and accomplish my goals just like Rita. Galimore 5 The allegory of the cave According to those living inside the cave, their perception was their reality, and these people who stayed inside the cave could not see the light and were not open to new ideas, but those who left outside the cave had a greater understanding of the lights reality and realized there was more to life.It would have been hard to return after finding this new knowledge. Growing up in the community I grow up in, seems to me know like the inside of a cave. My perception of reality was of the perception of those around me. A product of my environment, a person always chasing the money and not allowing the money to chase me. I was a person who would not venture to for from my community, but always wonder what it was like on the other side. Now that I am at the College of New Rochelle, I have a greater understanding and realize that I can accomplish more in life if I try.Going back to feeling like I am just a blue collar worker is unacceptable, for I see the torch and I am going to light it one day. Failure is not an option at this point in my life, so whatever it takes to accomplish this goal charter this goal accomplished. Professor Quinn I will see you at the leave off line. Writing Assignment 4 Education is Liberating Tyrone Galimore LAS 100 Experience, Learning and Identity Professor Tania J Quinn December 1, 2010