richard Rodriguez

I like this one a lot…a lot! Rodriguez writes from a very human perspective, and I see a lot of myself in the story of his education. I think it’s a theme that’s developing in me. First it was Henry Adams, and now a more contemporary author Richard Rodriguez.
Rodriguez talks about how, over the years, his education increasingly distanced himself from his family and from that of those around him. He felt alone. That is entirely how I first felt when I began to read everything in my sight. He also talks about how there seemed an enmity between him and fellow students. People like us are considered suck ups or brown nosers. Really people just don’t like being outclassed. Although I will be the first to admit that that is far from the truth, and takes a high level of ignorance to believe. It is only human to feel like someone thinks themselves better because they are “smarter.” Everyone has something to offer whether you’re a paint mixer or the president. I think it is this above all that I have taken from my reading. There is value in almost everything we do, and knowledge is not to be coveted…it is to be shared. Anyways I have rambled on long enough as this is only the surface of what I am really feeling, and would take me damn near 1000 pages to express…if I’m lucky.