Henry Adams

In the Education of Henry Adams he talks mainly about how his childhood educational experience was a waste and he learned the important things in life by self educating through friendships, experiences and reading. He talks about his privileged background and how he decided that was not what he wanted. He basically wanted to do things on his own, experience things on his own and not use his family name to make a name for himself. In a way, I can understand. I really don’t like school, can’t stand it. Even though I know it’s important and I take something away from it every day, I have always felt a need to do and experience things on my own. I don’t like to be taught, I like to learn on my own and teach myself. Even though this was not a very fun read, it was fairly easy and I was able to make it through it because in a way I can relate.