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Professor Steinberg
The professor of Tara’s Jewish history class at BYU. He helps secure Tara a spot on his annual study abroad program at Cambridge, setting in motion Tara’s involvement with and attachment to the prestigious university. He reminds her, at a crucial moment, that she is the master of her destiny—and that she has earned her place at the prestigious institutions she’s a part of.
Dr. Kerry Quotes in Educated
The Educated quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Kerry or refer to Dr. Kerry. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 28
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“Everyone has undergone a change,” [Dr. Kerry] said. “The other students were relaxed until we came to this height. Now they are uncomfortable, on edge. You seem to have made the opposite journey. This is the first time I’ve seen you at home in yourself. It’s in the way you move: it’s as if you’ve been on this roof all your life.”
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I had to think before I could answer. “I can stand in this wind, because I’m not trying to stand in it,” I said. “The wind is just wind. You could withstand these gusts on the ground, so you can withstand them in the air. There is no difference. Except the difference you make in your head.”
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Dr. Kerry Quotes in Educated
The Educated quotes below are all either spoken by Dr. Kerry or refer to Dr. Kerry. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 28
Quotes
“Everyone has undergone a change,” [Dr. Kerry] said. “The other students were relaxed until we came to this height. Now they are uncomfortable, on edge. You seem to have made the opposite journey. This is the first time I’ve seen you at home in yourself. It’s in the way you move: it’s as if you’ve been on this roof all your life.”
[…]
I had to think before I could answer. “I can stand in this wind, because I’m not trying to stand in it,” I said. “The wind is just wind. You could withstand these gusts on the ground, so you can withstand them in the air. There is no difference. Except the difference you make in your head.”
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