The value and cost of a liberal arts education

On Tara Westover's Educated

I’ve been recommended this book at least three times now? First my prefect, then two friends from middle school. Even before that, I had seen Educated in every store and all over the internet since it came out in 2018. I have seen Educated compared to J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, but I don’t think Tara Westover has much in common with J.D. Vance aside from growing up in the Midwest. I certainly did not read this book as a Mormon, female J.D. Vance writing about the path slightly less taken, taking care to sugarcoat the rough parts. For me, Educated was about the value and cost of a liberal…

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