https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh en-us 2018-11-13 13:48:47 UTC 2018-11-14 14:48:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Planets.png maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303724684 Educated by Tara Westover is a interesting story about the life of a young woman who lived her life deprived of education. She was the 7th youngest out of the seven children her parents had, she explains that the first three were getting an education but their parents later took them out thinking that school was brainwashing them. She explain the trouble she went through in order to escape her mormon family who used their religion in order to draw her back and make her feel outcasted. Tara grew up wanting to go to school and she wanted that education so she decided to leave and go to a university. She has to teach herself everything she was never able to learn in public school. She was granted many opportunities that brought her today with a PhD. ]]> 2018-11-13 14:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303724684 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303725307 Tara grew up in Idaho. She later on moved to England to attend Cambridge and has been since living in England.  ]]> 2018-11-13 14:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303725307 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303725536 The main character of this memoir is Tara Westover. Although the names publish are pseudonyms her parents Faye and Gene are another ]]> 2018-11-13 14:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303725536 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303726424 The most exciting part in the book was the part where Tara finally admits to her parents that she's been abused by her brother and threatened. Her father starts yelling at her for proof and starts accusing her of wanting to put shawn in jail. Her father calls for "Shawn" and he comes in with a knife and places on Tara's hands as a threat, ready to do something if she says anythings. Tara is frightened to the point that she lies she ever said anything in order to escape the next day. ]]> 2018-11-13 14:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303726424 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303726641 "I had come to believe that the ability to evaluate many ideas, many histories, many points of view, was at the heart of what it means to self-create" (Westover 304)]]> 2018-11-13 14:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303726641 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303727905 The theme that I picked up was that you should always believe in yourself even if the adversities are nagging at you and you feel the need to succumb, always strive for your future life. ]]> 2018-11-13 14:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303727905 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303728210 It's a New York times bestseller because people find her story interesting and it's been raging how she was able to escape a survivalist family and end up in England with a PhD in history. ]]> 2018-11-13 14:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303728210 maciasj1 https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303729221 I would give Educated a 4/5 because to me it's interesting to know that education was able to get her out of a life that looked like a dead end. I would recommend this book based on the fact that it was interesting to know how people view this book and if they relate to it at an extent ]]> 2018-11-13 14:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maciasj1/8gek88g0cfyh/wish/303729221