1. In the essay, Rich noted that there are two choices in teaching women. One is teaching women the way originally taught. Causing female students to feel powerless, undervalued, and disinterested in work. Or secondly, teach women how to feel challenged and taking themselves seriously. If more women value themselves, they will have a better experience in their education and can help support one another. I believe it is relevant to today's students in college, because old traditions are being broken down and female students seem to dominate in the educational field. In addition, they are fit to survive college life and seem well confident enough too.
2. I do agree with one of questions on both of the outlines Rich had pointed out. I have notice a similarity between the race and gender. They both mention about the canon of literature and depreciating experiences. Race was the depreciating of nonwhite experience. And gender was the depreciating of female experiences. I am sure they still have some work to do. Although, progess have been made through time, some areas are improved enough.
I think it's really true that if women value themselves more, they will have a better experience and they can support one another, but a lot of women don't and it's sad. And I do think that women are more dominant in the education field, but I think it's because that's where they feel comfortable and don't want to branch out more (sometimes). There is a similarity between the race and gender, but race, to me, seems worse because a person cannot change the race that they were born. They can change how they are perceived, but there will always be a racial issue, as sad as it is.
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