A REVIEW OF ROSE 'MIKES"LIVES O THE BOUNDARY," A GUIDE FORSTRUGGLES AND ACHIEVEMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGED STUDENT
Lives on the Boundary: A moving account of the struggles and achievements of America's educationally unprepared study guide, written by Mike Rose, is a qualitative research. In the book he discusses underclass of students considered underachieving, remedial, or illiterate, and the kinds of literacy and liberal arts curricula that can best help them to progress. The methodology used in the study is that of phenomenological design where the author begins with his life experience of humble beginnings and continues up to his adult years. The book focuses on the struggles and achievements of America's educationally underprepared. The book is written on a first person account composed of eight chapters each of which treat a different obstacle faced by the author in his years as a student and as an educator. More specifically, in chapters one through five the author focuses on his own personal struggles and achievements as a student which serves as a guide for an educational disadvantaged student.
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