Write an essay that explores your views of education by incorporating some of the formative moments in your education and by responding to at least two of the “big ideas” you found in your readings of Rodriguez and Rich. For example, you might reflect, as Rodriguez and Rich do, on some aspects of yourself that you had to “lose” in order to be successful as a student or to think of yourself as “normal.” As you move toward a conclusion, consider what you would desire your present and future experiences of education to look like and what might have to change in the process.