Have gone from likely this moderately to liking it greatly.
Events: Sibling (Sean) abuse. This is a topic that is not discussed much, but is a big deal. I remember having a student (Ryan) who had a mean older brother who made his life hell. A parent would have been arrested; an older sibling--nothing . . . yet.
BYU
Lack of knowledge of basics: Napoleon, the holocaust, hygiene, blue books, study . . . a tough start.
Trips back to Idaho . . . the junkyard, more brutality at the hands of Sean . . . self-loathing (a boy touches her hand, and she thinks she's a whore)
Back to BYU
Father burnt badly in accident at junkyard
more success . . . new boyfriend, but she can't bring herself to tell him (Nick) anything of her family.
Academic success . . . summer in Cambridge . . . encouragement to go to grad school . . . world expanding . . . doesn't want to be just a Mormon mom choir director . . . Rebellion from the church . . . polygamy, specifically . . .
Graduation . . . parents angry because she doesn't attribute her winning of a Gates grant to study in England to the great home schooling education they gave her . . . father nervous about her going to England. . . He's still expecting the end of the world. If she's anywhere in the USA, he can drive to get her (1000 gallons of fuel stored) If she's across the Atlantic, he can't save her.
Events: Sibling (Sean) abuse. This is a topic that is not discussed much, but is a big deal. I remember having a student (Ryan) who had a mean older brother who made his life hell. A parent would have been arrested; an older sibling--nothing . . . yet.
BYU
Lack of knowledge of basics: Napoleon, the holocaust, hygiene, blue books, study . . . a tough start.
Trips back to Idaho . . . the junkyard, more brutality at the hands of Sean . . . self-loathing (a boy touches her hand, and she thinks she's a whore)
Back to BYU
Father burnt badly in accident at junkyard
more success . . . new boyfriend, but she can't bring herself to tell him (Nick) anything of her family.
Academic success . . . summer in Cambridge . . . encouragement to go to grad school . . . world expanding . . . doesn't want to be just a Mormon mom choir director . . . Rebellion from the church . . . polygamy, specifically . . .
Graduation . . . parents angry because she doesn't attribute her winning of a Gates grant to study in England to the great home schooling education they gave her . . . father nervous about her going to England. . . He's still expecting the end of the world. If she's anywhere in the USA, he can drive to get her (1000 gallons of fuel stored) If she's across the Atlantic, he can't save her.
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