Compose an essay in which you answer the following questions: What does it mean to be educated? As you respond to the question, assert an argument about the impact of being educated in American society. Your argument must address whether the current education system has had a positive or negative impact on society and to what extent. It should also identify any obstacles that prevent individual from being educated in the United States, both in a traditional and non-traditional manner. To properly advance your argument, you must identify and address at least one opposing view to your argument. In order word you can not just ignore opposing points of view just because you disagree with them. ASSIGNED READING LIST: Excerpts from Educated by Tara Westover
Scholarship Boy by Richard Rodriquez
Transcription of the 2005 Kenyon Commencement Address by David Foster Wallace.
