I am continuously amazed at the love, compassion, and forgiveness Tara extends to her family, and I sincerely believe that she only wants to put good into the world, not do any harm.

I didn't know if I would ever reconcile with my family, and I needed to believe that I could forgive, regardless. In one of the crashes, LaRee hit her head against the windshield, resulting in “raccoon eyes” that Tara later realized are an indication of traumatic brain injury. I have become a big fan of Tara, her composed talks in public , her maturity is very high level for her age. Even though we grew into using herbal remedies almost exclusively, there were certain times when the expertise and counsel of medical personnel blessed our lives,” Chapter 16 tells of several instances where medical care was sought for Westover family members.Also having just read Educated and ended up here by curiosity, I am left totally overwhelmed by the book and the life story that it tells. I feel like LaRee defends those things that I also hold dear, and ignores the abuse which leads me to believe it is probably true. Tier two words are of vital importance to children’s development and this book provides sage advice on how to expand that vital range, along with a range of different approaches to broaden children’s vocabulary.

Tara’s written account has always bothered me from a journalistic point of view in that key discrepancies are admitted with an asterisk and tiny print at the bottom of the page. A central claim in this book is that while we are naturally curious, we are not naturally good at thinking and can only truly think about things we know. Except for a tiny mention that you almost miss, LaRee doesn’t explain the why behind not getting birth certificates.Suddenly, I knew the book was about my community and possibly involved people I knew; the book became more personal and I wondered, Was the abuse I was reading about possible in such a tight-knit community?

A cheaper and better way of giving student teachers and in-service teachers an understanding of education would be to get them to read the 50 great works on education.While at BYU, she began to explore the idea of home schooling while pursuing a degree in early childhood education. The books I have identified, with the help of members of the Institute of Ideas’ Education Forum, teachers and colleagues at several universities, constitute an attempt at an education “canon”. Their reasoning is often that they are trying to protect their children from the corruption of the world, but the reality is that the isolation gives the dominant figure in the home/community near unchecked power.