My parents would say to me, 'You can teach yourself anything better than someone else can teach it to you.' That was the whole ethos of my family. Tara Westover More Quotes by Tara Westover More Quotes From Tara Westover I was 17 the first time I set foot in a classroom, but 10 years later, I would graduate from Cambridge with a Ph.D. 'Educated' is the story of how I came by my education. It is also the story of how I lost my family. Tara Westover story family education time When I was 17, I went to Brigham Young University. That was the first time I had set foot in a classroom. Tara Westover university classroom first-time time My older brother bought textbooks and was able to teach himself enough to go to college. When I was 16, he returned and told me to do the same thing. Tara Westover go me brother college Psychologically, when you hear something a number of times, you start to believe it. Tara Westover something start you believe I can't have my family in my life because they are abusive, and I don't have control over that. There is an abusive culture in my family, and I have to turn away from it. Tara Westover my-life family life culture
