We seem to do this because the other option of considering the other side would rock our fundamental beliefs so much, that we fear that we will never be able to return to what we once had. ... I even see this every day at school, when students don't study for a test and then fail, or when an athlete doesn't show up for practice and loses their role as a starter. ... Richard Rodriguez, author of the essay "The Achievement of Desire", in which Rodriguez evaluates his education and its impact on his life says "It mattered that education was changing me. ... If Rodriguez had tested this ...

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