Adapting to another culture is a difficult concept, especially for children in their school classrooms. In "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie, the different stages of Native American childhood compared to those of his white counterparts are discussed. He is describing the schooling of a child, Victor, on an American Indian reservation, grade by grade. It uses a few different examples of satire and irony, where they could be seen in completely different ways, expressing different feelings to the reader. Racism and bullying are both present in this essay among Indians and Americans. American Indians have the stereotype of being unsuccessful and always being the one left behind. Through Alexie's negativity and humor in his essay, it is evident that he faces many problems and is very frustrated growing up as an American Indian. Growing up, Alexie faces discrimination from white people, who he portrays as evil in every way, to show that his childhood was filled with anger, fear, and pain. Victor grows up in school on the American Indian reservation, then later in the agricultural town middle school. He faces severe discrimination at both of these schools, due to his Native American background. This is made evident in both schools by how other students treat him and how his teachers treat him. His classmates stole his glasses, tripped him, insulted him, fought him, and many other forms of bullying. His teachers also bullied him verbally. One of his teachers gave him a spelling test and because he passed, he made him swallow the test. When Victor was at a high school dance and passed out on the floor. His teacher approached him and the first thing he asked was: “What did that boy drink? ...... middle of paper ....... She is trying to show that these girls are wasting their food when at home their choices are very limited and their reality is very different from that of white children who goes to school with. Overall, Alexie clearly faced many difficulties adapting to white culture as a Native American growing up, and he expresses this through Victor in his essay "Indian Education." He goes through all the stages of his childhood compared to his white counterparts. Racism and bullying are both evident throughout the essay. The frustration Alexie felt from this is clear through the negativity and humor presented in the experiences he faced, both on and off the American Indian reservation. It is evident that Alexie faces discrimination from white people, who he describes as evil in every way, to demonstrate that his childhood was filled with anger, fear and pain..