What is the main conflict in Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Unprepared by Mike Rose?

The author, Mike Rose, begins the Preface by stating that LIVES ON THE BOUNDARY is a book of hope for those in the American education system. There are language and cultural barriers and many students and graduates who cannot read and write at an acceptable level. Many of those students are labeled as remedial and relegated to special classes, regardless of why they can't read and write at an acceptable level. This is a label they carry through their many years of school and into the working world.