... parents did not even consider at home. At home he finds a way of life opposed to the one to which he is used in the classroom. In the beginning, there exists a balance between the school and home. The student does not want to alter that balance. He wants ... be ambiguous, even intellectually dangerous." Yet, Rodriguez read Plato's Republic at an age when a usual student would most probably read Lewis's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland". Rodriguez himself admits that he did not understand too much from his reading, but, when he finished it, he crossed the name of ... Webster's College Di...

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