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The Shock Of Education: How College Corrupts By Alfred Lubrano

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In the personal story “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts” written by Alfred Lubrano, Lubrano says that his friend Rita Giordano picked a different college than her friends because it “was far away, and a new world to explore” (585). Rita Giordano felt like she had to move away from her home and friends to do something she likes. When she would go back to her home and to her friends, things weren’t the same anymore. Because she moved away, when she came back home, she felt like she was living a different life; her home life. I can relate with Rita because I had to move far away from my friends and my home by force. My parents lost their jobs and couldn’t afford our place, so we ended up coming to Santa Rosa for a chance to start …show more content…

I have met a few people who are now my friends and it feels good being able to have that connection with people again. Not only is it because of those new friendships that I’m feeling more whole again, but because of my education as well. I’m studying what I want and like to do, and I have interesting classes that keep my days going. I don’t regret not going to the same school as my friends did back at home because I don’t think I would be having the same college experience. On an online news article, “Home’s where I belong” written by Kelly Makiha, she states “there is no place like home” (Rotorua Daily Post). She says this because she goes back to where she grew up and feels like she is back home. She talked about how she hated living there as a kid, but now she can appreciate where she grew up because she’s been far away from it for a long time.
I can relate to this because when I lived back in Modesto, I hated it and thought it was so boring. Now when I go back to visit it, I think to myself how could I have hated this place, but miss it so much? It’s my home and it will always be my home, but I can not let that stop me from moving on in my school life in Santa Rosa. When I first moved to Santa Rosa, I thought to myself I’m just going to get through school and go back home. Now, when I go back to Modesto, I see how my friends are changing and I started thinking if I go back, things really won’t be the same

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