Transformative Power Of Education
As the little girl of survivalist Mormon guardians who shunned public education, she initially ventured foot into a study hall as a school first year recruit. There, the nonattendance of her tutoring would fuel a changeable mission for information and structure the premise of her 2018 bestselling memoir, Educated, picked for the current year as the Common Reader for all approaching University of Delaware students.
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Westover's adventure carried her to new terrain: the phase of Mitchell Hall. In a private discussion directed by Provost Robin Morgan and understudies John Cohill and Jordyn Stevens, she addressed a stuffed theater on instruction and its transformative power.
It's a power that can be employed in one of two different ways, she said.
To show the pr...