Author Tara Westover says we need to consider how people have been 'Educated'
2022-02-15 · 12 min · 7 entities
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Author Tara Westover grew up in an extreme survivalist family in Idaho. She and her siblings had no formal education, but she taught herself algebra, aced the entrance exam for BYU and got in. It was the start of her way out from under an often abusive family situation. Westover wrote about her experiences and what it was like for her to totally change her worldview in her memoir, Educated . Westover told Here & Now 's Robin Young that she thinks we need to stop judging people for their incorrect opinions if they don't have access to education.
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