- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been educated in the rhythms of the mountain, rhythms in which change was never fundamental, only cyclical. The same sun appeared each morning, swept over the valley, and dropped behind the peak. The snows that fell in winter always melted in the spring.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been raised in the mountains of Idaho by a father who distrusted many of the institutions that people take for granted - public education, doctors and hospitals, and the government.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My older brother bought textbooks and was able to teach himself enough to go to college. When I was 16, he returned and told me to do the same thing.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I taught myself algebra and a little grammar, and somehow I scraped a high enough score on the ACT to be admitted to Brigham Young University, even though I had no formal education.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.
- Bad People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think for people who are inside these relationships that are really hard to leave, there is always a compelling reason to stay. It's not that they are wholly bad people.
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because I never attended elementary schools of any kind, I missed most of the books that were popular with other kids my age. There was an exception, however, which was 'Harry Potter.' My grandmother gave me the first book when I was about 13, and I read it, then read all the rest.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't read much in high school, maybe because I didn't go to high school. Instead, I worked.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 17, I went to Brigham Young University. That was the first time I had set foot in a classroom.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
At BYU, I discovered history, then historiography. I became fascinated with the study of historians and historical trends, with the idea that the way we remember the past changes and shifts with our own preoccupations.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you write, you are alone. It can be a bit of a shock later to discover that people have read what you've written!
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020