I believe John Dewey’s quote resembles to empiricism because he mentions how knowledge and education are conceived through experiences one undergoes in life. I do not believe, however, that this was the approach to education in my high school, since we were taught not by experiences, but rather by being sat in a classroom all day. I think Tara Westover chose to begin her memoir this way because she mentions early on how she didn’t go to school when she was younger, and the quote states that people receive knowledge by experiences rather than school itself. I partially agree with this quote…