Education Narrative by Sorbari Zegenee

Spring 2013


‘’Knowledge is power’’ is what I have heard my entire life of going to school, but going to school and trying to be educated did not make me feel empowered--it only made me confused and angry. The lesson I learned is somewhat similar to Frederick Douglass, in that he believed being educated was more painful than delightful, because he is awake to understanding how his fellow slaves are mistreated. During my education I have felt just a minimum of what Douglass felt, because sometimes I did feel that I had lost my innocence to what was occurring around me, and that I had to also wake up to my responsibilities.