Rose discusses a problem with how alienated the English language can be, which is stated in the second sentence of the article. He discusses the gap between the educated style of using the English language and the non-educated style of using the English language. Also, he wants to better educate those with lower writing levels by giving them more opportunities to write ("Students need more opportunities to write about what they're learning and guidance in the techniques and conventions of that writing" (Mike Rose 138)).
I agree with Rose when he mentioned that "the average university freshman will know what personality means and can figure out authoritarian; the difficulty will come from a lack of familiarity with the conceptual resonances that authoritarian personality has acquired in the discussions of sociologists and psychologists and political scientists" (Rose 137). Most people without degrees, such as myself, understand more difficult phrases by breaking them up and analyzing their parts. I've personally experienced the difficulty of understanding the English language and fitting into social groups but I educated myself simply by reading and writing beyond my comprehension. Students need to be better taught on writing on a higher standard but they also need to learn and practice on their own.
