EPSY 5463 Week 1

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F451 Conformity

Ved Kyle Dunn

The Great Gatsby and The American Dream

Ved Jillian Ephraim

Background Information of The Kite Runner

Ved Sun Choi

Free education online

Ved Lady Gray

WHEN: The summer before her first year of college

WHERE: Her family home

BYU

WHAT: Learned to seek knowledge and understanding so that she would not be influenced to be hurtful and/or offensive to others.

WHO: Tara Westover white, educated, mormon, BYU student

She took a U.S. History where she learned about slavery and the Civil Rights Movement.

She went back home with knowledge and understanding.

WHO: Tara Westover white, uneducated, mormon, isolated.

She was homeschooled but hardly any schooling occurred.

She taught herself ACT content, which does not include a history section.

She had no context for African American struggles in the U.S. beyond a text book that said colonial slaves had it better than their master's.

WHEN: The summer after her first year of college

The summer before she laughed at being called "nigger."

She went to college, took a history course, and learned about slavery and the Civil RightsMovement

She returned home and was offended by the use of the word "nigger."

"...never again would I allow myself to be made a foot solider in a conflict I did not understand." Educated by Tara Westover, page 181