Barb Chamberlin answers “This book is disgusting to me. I do not...”

Patricia Barry asked this question about Educated:

This book is disgusting to me. I do not understand why an educated and worldly individual would have difficulty understanding the horrible and violent upbringing that she experienced. It is unbelievable to me that she could not understand the violent situation, yet uneducated upbringing she endured. I have completely misunderstood her manner of education in a life in our country, in this country, how is this possible?

Barb Chamberlin Whatever your childhood, it's "normal" for you, because you had no other. That she had little information from the larger world, even about her neighb…moreWhatever your childhood, it's "normal" for you, because you had no other. That she had little information from the larger world, even about her neighbors, helped to retain that "normalcy" well into her teens. She missed many of the developmental stages as she had no peers. To plunk yourself down in a different world at 16 or 17, without the least idea of how to be with others of her age must have been a culture shock that most of us can not imagine. To reject her whole family, and her entire early life is not something many people are able to do. Obviously the people in her family were quite intelligent--those who were able to get out of the family, certainly managed to gain admirable educations. (less)

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