“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education,” a quote said by Albert Einstein. Everyone deserves a right to an education not just by their ethnicity, social status, religion, or how they portray themselves. It depends on how willingly people are to achieve it. Joy Castro talked about the themes of social status, religion, and ethnicity in her passage "Hungry." As you read more, you learn about other themes such as culture, motivation, experience, etc. Those themes also reflect another passage she wrote called "On Becoming Educated." The argument she seemed to make from both passages is to go out and experience and learn what this world has to give.
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What some people may fail to understand is that education is a part of the way of life. We need education in order to expand our knowledge and develop our minds. People in this world need to be able to experience education because it can take you places even out of your comfort zone. It helps open opportunities you didn’t think you could have. In the essay of “Hungry” it stated, “None of my relatives and none of my parents friends had been to college. It was a mysterious, forbidden world, which is perhaps why I wanted it so badly,” (264). According to Castro, she had no idea what college was going to be about since no one she knew went there. Castro had the curiosity to figure out or be the first witness in her family to experience college. This is a place and atmosphere she never encountered. Although Castro had did this at her own expense, I can guarantee you she doesn't regret it at …show more content…
In the old ages, women weren’t allowed to receive education because of their job to be a stay at home mom. All women were allowed to do back then was to cook, clean, sew and take care of the children. But now we are at the age where we are allowed to receive an education where we can learn things men had learned before us. I relate to Castro because we both are curious to know and experience things. I want to know if I was made to be a nurse or what I’m learning is actually something I will need in the future. I think one of the things I’ve learned from Castro was happiness. I believed what she did made her happy and from that she gained a sense of peace. On page 265 of “Hungry” it states, “I went to college at sixteen hungry for so many things. Now in my forties, I have tasted so much. So much has nourished me. And I am still hungry, still learning.” In this sense, it has been both a positive and negative experience for Castro but along the way she has accomplished many things and that is what I am inspired to do. I want to be able to say that in my forties I have “tasted so much, and so much has nourished
What some people may fail to understand is that education is a part of the way of life. We need education in order to expand our knowledge and develop our minds. People in this world need to be able to experience education because it can take you places even out of your comfort zone. It helps open opportunities you didn’t think you could have. In the essay of “Hungry” it stated, “None of my relatives and none of my parents friends had been to college. It was a mysterious, forbidden world, which is perhaps why I wanted it so badly,” (264). According to Castro, she had no idea what college was going to be about since no one she knew went there. Castro had the curiosity to figure out or be the first witness in her family to experience college. This is a place and atmosphere she never encountered. Although Castro had did this at her own expense, I can guarantee you she doesn't regret it at …show more content…
In the old ages, women weren’t allowed to receive education because of their job to be a stay at home mom. All women were allowed to do back then was to cook, clean, sew and take care of the children. But now we are at the age where we are allowed to receive an education where we can learn things men had learned before us. I relate to Castro because we both are curious to know and experience things. I want to know if I was made to be a nurse or what I’m learning is actually something I will need in the future. I think one of the things I’ve learned from Castro was happiness. I believed what she did made her happy and from that she gained a sense of peace. On page 265 of “Hungry” it states, “I went to college at sixteen hungry for so many things. Now in my forties, I have tasted so much. So much has nourished me. And I am still hungry, still learning.” In this sense, it has been both a positive and negative experience for Castro but along the way she has accomplished many things and that is what I am inspired to do. I want to be able to say that in my forties I have “tasted so much, and so much has nourished