A discussion with Author, Educated: A Memoir and Shorenstein Center A.M. Rosenthal Writer-in-Residence Tara Westover and Shorenstein Director Nancy Gibbs.
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@revetortel50692 жыл бұрын
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.
@DarthxErik4 жыл бұрын
“I don’t understand the question... but I admire it.”
@jasonchicago72762 жыл бұрын
she is so brilliant. I'm continually awed by her.
@artgoldsworthy3 жыл бұрын
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.
@maribelsouza19954 жыл бұрын
I can see a movie coming out of the book
@frankbig26873 жыл бұрын
yeah, it would be an interesting movie.
@Sbannmarie2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@samuelacosta645210 ай бұрын
I sure hope it is turned into a movie.
@blue---monday2 жыл бұрын
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.
@thereisnoninadria4 жыл бұрын
It’s thoroughly amusing to see how Tara makes this supposedly experienced interviewer uncomfortable time and again with her delightful sense of humor. 😏
@melissafennemore58484 жыл бұрын
The interviewer doesn't seem to connect to Tara at all. I don't think she can relate to these experiences, she doesn't seem the right fit for interviewing. At least Tara was interesting.
@Fruity_Cutie Жыл бұрын
She's hilarious
@shiraninayaritheslantidigi6757 Жыл бұрын
I so agree with you.
@terrylovesenegal Жыл бұрын
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.
@RiceballRox4 жыл бұрын
I am so thankful for this talk. Brilliant answers on every subject she’s been asked!
@jkrasney1 Жыл бұрын
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.
@pywils3 жыл бұрын
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
@NicolaA-kj8hl4 жыл бұрын
She's so incredibly intelligent.
@longstoryshort86572 жыл бұрын
she makes such a good point so many times
@jerrylopez81174 жыл бұрын
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.
@Soy_Preinaugural4 жыл бұрын
I think the interviewer’s statement at 35:16 might be why she excluded him?
@Potato-mu7nu2 жыл бұрын
Imagine being Shawn, and seeing your siddle lis all educated and written a book outing your abuse to the whole world.
@annsmith72073 жыл бұрын
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.
@nkumar034 жыл бұрын
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.
@cosmo19784 жыл бұрын
i also want to know...
@EmersetFarquharson4 жыл бұрын
If you never get an answer, I can speculate on the potential reasons for this. After a recording, there can sometimes be post editing conversations which happen either at the request of the main speaker or the host or the legal team (in a paid institutionalized setting such as this one). This request to edit out parts of the final recording can be for the safety of the people recording or as a request as the content may harm the individuals in some way.
@melissafennemore58484 жыл бұрын
Agreed, that was weird.
@CarmenMorinPiano2 жыл бұрын
I came to the comments looking for the answer to this as well. Brilliant interview
@bennettzhang08163 жыл бұрын
EDUCATED give me a lot of courage, thanks Tara!
@SAIDAMRAOUIdeepmoroccotours3 жыл бұрын
Tara is beyond magical.
@Lezcarg14 жыл бұрын
lt reminds me of the last scene of Dogville where Nicole Kidman keeps excusing her oppressors by saying that the people of Dogville were doing the best they could under very difficult circumstances.
@warrior100girl Жыл бұрын
"StarCraft happened!" i love her
@gunchailliyeva23113 жыл бұрын
She is the best!💗
@renaelynn63762 жыл бұрын
The tradegy is not that bad people do bad things, it's what good People dO to keep secrets!!!!
@nicholaswestover73623 жыл бұрын
Are we related ???
@blove142 Жыл бұрын
32:14 the interviewer tries a biased question about how the democrats can reach the ignoramus backwoods northwestern conservatives, and Tara crushes her stupid question. Well done.
@972t84 жыл бұрын
I am curious where her brother learned to be so abusive.
@Emily-bt7gb4 жыл бұрын
He is sick.
@jerrylopez81174 жыл бұрын
He was mentally sick, read the book.
@ketzia42654 жыл бұрын
Because it was his way of relating to his own abuse.
@phylliscolgan46943 жыл бұрын
He probably should have been diagnosed and put on medication. The lack of empathy the father had for his children didn’t help.
@TomasPetkevicius943 жыл бұрын
It was his father influance.
@frankbig26873 жыл бұрын
I just finish reading the book . It's wonderful to find this talk. By the way , Tara is a beautiful girl , attractive.
@clearlybehind3 жыл бұрын
Hard to watch- no chemistry. The guest played the ironical "humor me" card and the interviewer wasn't willing to play along. So the first one doubles down on the humor part with the "admit it, I am funny" expressions. Both weren't willing to facilitate a smooth interview.
@josephnguyen8513 жыл бұрын
Starcraft 🤣🤣🤣
@andrewbaldwin44543 жыл бұрын
I think part of the popularity of Tara's memoir and her views are that they call for tolerance and openness towards the views of rural white Americans (i.e. the people most likely to hold conservative views), but mostly so they can be cured, as she was, of those views, which are sexist, racist and homophobic. There isn't a single issue where she seems to think the conservative view is correct and the liberal view is mistaken. By her own account, the cities are advancing, while the rural areas are declining or stagnating. Is this because some of the liberal policies adopted over the last few decades haven't been that great? She doesn't seem to have any firm views on that subject, or if she does, she doesn't want to tell us what they are.
@ronaldhuang2496 Жыл бұрын
She has seen a lot lol
@jkesil Жыл бұрын
A bit too much passive aggressive for me. Just don’t know why and interviewee would mock the interviewer for no reason. Or maybe we don’t know the reason.
@blove142 Жыл бұрын
No schooling, then gets a Phd, that says something about schools and phds.