A Conversation with Tara Westover
Published 2019-11-06
All Comments (21)
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I’m that Idaho girl who now has a masters and is pursuing a phd. The audience she was thinking about. She gives me hope.
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“I don’t understand the question... but I admire it.”
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she is so brilliant. I'm continually awed by her.
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I just finished the book. Excellent book and very moving. I saw that her mom now has released "Educating", telling her version of their life.
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I can see a movie coming out of the book
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Her thoughts on religion and the way her current self approaches Mormonism is really fascinating, and it inspires me as well in a way on how best I should approach the religion that I was born into.
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It’s thoroughly amusing to see how Tara makes this supposedly experienced interviewer uncomfortable time and again with her delightful sense of humor. 😏
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I am so thankful for this talk. Brilliant answers on every subject she’s been asked!
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She's so incredibly intelligent.
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Tara laughs remember... Educated is a book that enthralled me, it open a part of my brain.Amazing, all Tara's life has been so incredible hard, yet it's taken so 'lightly' at first., then meeting the torture of dealing with her past. Thank you so much. Tara I wish you a path of love, kindness, continued learning and beauty for the rest of your life.
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By the way, the scripture that Tara meant to say when she talked about Matthew 11:1 around 50 minutes was actually Hebrews 11:1. And the other scripture she referenced was from the Book of Ether chapter 12 in the Book of Mormon: "Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world ... which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men." Interesting that she still has these verses easily within her recall
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she makes such a good point so many times
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Curious, as to the reasoning why at about 41:45 (or so), the young woman who asks Tara about the Holocaust, Tara's response has been redacted, censored and/or taken out. The question was a legitimate one, and as Tara explains in "Educated," when she was in her BYU class, she was shunned and she felt as if she was an alien, for her ignorance regarding the Holocaust. Accordingly, for Harvard and the Kennedy School to redact or censor Tara's response is unconscionable.
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I would have liked to hear from the older gentlemen standing next in line to ask a question. I noticed the moderator skillfully excluded him. Tara is a National treasure and she has a voice as well and can sing.
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Imagine being Shawn, and seeing your siddle lis all educated and written a book outing your abuse to the whole world.
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Good for Tara and wish her well! There are many people who are "heroes" to others - they are not Avatars or Instagram photoshopped personas - they are real people and interacting in real time - which is so important - perhaps far less social media and far more personal interaction! Tara does have a need to show people that she has a "normal" life thus the posted graduation picture to "prove" it. There will come a day when that will not be necessary - to prove to others how "ok" she is.
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EDUCATED give me a lot of courage, thanks Tara!
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Tara is beyond magical.
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She is the best!💗
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Why is a part of her answer at 41:49 been cut out? That was an important question and I would have loved to hear her answer.
