Education's Unseen Influence: A Personal Reflection

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Throughout all the time I have been in school from pre-school to my senior year in high school. I have never really thought about how my education has come to shape me because I would only question it at the very end of the school year; what have I really learned this year?, but now that I am in college and my English professor is making everything eye opening it has made me aware that school has shaped me in some form. Most of my teachers follow a curriculum where it is not beneficial to me at all. The way I was taught this whole time affected me in a way I did not see because I adjusted to the environment. The reality is education has shaped me to have fear of deception, to accept, and to not question anything at all.

I have a fear of being deceived by people, but education has been doing it for years …show more content…

I would sit in class with my other classmates and just observe. If at any point I misunderstood a point made, I would not ask for clarification because my teacher would put me on the spot. There was a time in where I was in class and I got really confused. So I raised my hand to get clarification and my teacher came by therefore I asked my question. She then pauses while starting to approach to the front of the classroom. I was really confused when she then says, I do not want to put you on the spot Alondra, but in case anyone else did this etc…It is very difficult to comprehend what is really going on at times because I see nothing wrong with the picture, but the other person knows exactly what they are referring to. It is tough for me to read in between the lines and understand the real message. “Rose what the hell kind of name is that?” “Italian sir,” I squeaked. “Italian Ho. Rose do you know the sound a bag of shit makes when it hits the wall?” “No sir” “Wop” (Rose 159). Rose’s teacher is basically

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