Tami 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?

Tami I believe that many people have been brainwashed into believing that the only way to learn is through the school system. If that were true, how did we…moreI believe that many people have been brainwashed into believing that the only way to learn is through the school system. If that were true, how did we learn to speak before going to school and how did we learn to raise our children after we left school. Plus the myriad other forms of learning that we do throughout our lives. The school system should teach us how to learn, not what to learn. The institutions are another form of brainwashing.(less)

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