Adrienne Rich Claiming An Education Essay

Education is one of the most important things a person can try to obtain. Getting and education opens up a path to so many opportunities that can lead to so many different forms of success. There is a large amount of people who can access education easily and can also access opportunities without emitting much effort. There is also a large portion of people who are denied the convenience that these other people get; usually the denied group of people are minorities or women. These people have to work a lot harder and overcome many roadblocks and stereotypical attitudes against them. In Adrienne Rich’s essay, “Claiming an Education”, she discusses issues that women and minorities face while trying to claim an education, along with things someone should do while trying to obtain an education. I feel that it is important that people are aware of the difficulty, along with how to overcome it and so I would like to help to provide awareness just as Rich did. Rich speaks a small reality about the difficulty of trying to claim an education. She states, “The first thing I want to say to you who are students, is that you cannot afford to think of being here to receive an education: you will do much better to think of being here to claim one.” Claiming an education means to demand or request it. That is much stronger than receiving it, which would just be to have it given to you. Education is very important because without it, there is
As I mentioned, I have personally forgotten about the positives and I’m dealing with all of the negatives currently. While writing this essay, I acknowledged all of it and I feel the entire essay is a big push to keep me on track. I hope that this does the same for you, the reader. If it does not, I hope it helps you to start recognizing your issues, create solutions and claim your