Adrienne Rich�s Claiming an Education Essay

Responsibility over your education Claiming an education is easier said than done and as you grow older you begin to realize how responsible you are over your own education. In Adrienne Rich’s essay, “Claiming an Education,” she makes an argument about responsibility for all students. In her opinion it is important, within the educational community, to truly take control over our own education. That is to say, you as a student has to be engage with what is being taught to you. Rich states, “Being here to receive an education; you will do much better to think of yourselves as being here to claim one.” (608) Many people are mistaken when they blame teachers for the grade they received and in all honesty education is what you make it. If you…