Educated: A Memoir
Education ’ in particular higher education, going to a university ’ was never considered a choice, but something that I was meant to do. It was drilled into me starting from kindergarten that education is everything, and that excelling in it is the only way to move up the social ladder and live well. But growing up in India, you either had to excel academically or come from a well-off family to achieve this. When I learned that Europe offered free education at graduate and postgraduate levels, I was amazed at this possibility. The professors were invested, and resources were in abundance. Behold the advantage of socialism ’ providing equal opportunity to all who seek education. However, I realized, having lived here for two decades and having children of my own, that not everyone appreciated this system or took advantage of it.
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