Taking Women Students Seriously Adrienne Rich Summary

As it is mentioned in Adrienne Rich’s essay, this group is not taking themselves seriously. Rich’s essay “Taking Women Students Seriously” from 1985 expresses Rich’s ideas about how women students have not been educated the same as their male counterparts, and how women are also not acknowledging the power they have to make a change or be involved in what they choose, no matter the stereotypes. There is a great connect she makes where she suggests that women in education have not taken themselves seriously, not believing in their own abilities and falling into the system or norms for women at the time. This is one way I believe that the Native Americans are not taken seriously. Society has taught them that they are less, that they can be pushed around and not be expected to win, to

The other issue is the government and other collegiate affiliations are not working with these people to improve their standards. It can be evaluated that when these people are not pushing themselves to expand that there are also no outlets in the government or schooling system to encourage these better behaviors. The Native American community if seen this way, it has probably also begun to see itself this way. They are not taking themselves seriously. When there is more for Native Americans to do, more ways to be involved, more ways to interact with the world in a way that causes others to learn about their cultures more in depth, they in return receive better education, that would be a main goal and a turning point in the conversation.

The solutions to these problems start with the students and continue to expand outward into the country. The students need to first recognize how important they are to the culture and history of America. They then should be able to accept the help of their teachers and administrators. The work of the schools needs to be better handled to help preserve these people and their culture, not