Though the two pieces assigned are quite different in approach to the writing of their education narratives, the common “ingredients” that both authors included was either their own personal experiences or the experiences of those close to them, along with how these experiences impacted them in multiple ways. Mr. Olivarez chose to go to reflect on multiple, yet related, events from his education that ranged from his being turned away from preschool for not having staff who could speak Spanish well enough to his experience in high school discovering the power of poetry. Audre Lorde chose to create a more personal narrative with its connections to education being her sister not having the opportunity to go on her senior trip to Washington because of her skin color.  The combination of these things gives the piece depth, a layer of emotional or purely thoughtful connections that the reader can relate to in their own way. Given the pieces we’ve explored so far, I think a good starting point would be to first choose an event within my history with education that has had the most personal effect on me. Coming up with a proper means of developing a personal narrative as well would be a major part of the writing piece. Something I’m curious to know about writing an education narrative would be how personal does the connection made between our education and our personal life have to be extremely personal? How much can the level of detail impact one’s writing?