KhizooologyEducated
Education can change the questions a person is able to ask.
Big Idea
Westover describes seeking education while questioning inherited accounts of family, identity, and the world.
Family world
The memoir begins within a survivalist household outside conventional schooling.
Learning
Formal education opens new historical and personal perspectives.
Belonging
Changing a worldview can create painful tensions with a familiar community.
Memory
Different recollections complicate the work of describing a family history.
Narrative limits
Westover's testimony should not become a stereotype about every rural or religious household.
Notooo Take
Consider which inherited belief you have never had the chance to examine.
One Thing to Keep
Education can change the questions a person is able to ask.