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The Other Wes Moore; One Name, Two Fates Book by: Wes Moore Chapters 6-8 Blog Education as a determining factor in our futures Discussions around education followed us in our class from the very beginning of this semester to our latest conversations about “The Other Wes Moore”. Besides using these last two chapters to describe the end of the other Wes’s freedom, the author also talks about the genesis of his mentorships and his educational experiences. I personally enjoyed learning more about the author’s education, especially after reflecting on how education may have influenced the two main characters’ lives and futures. As the author writes with so much passion about his schooling in these last few chapters, I feel that in those lines exists an unconscious comparison between him and the other Wes Moore. It is quite obvious that his training and the guidance from his mentors shaped him as a person, and assuredly gave him a push out of the threatening environment he was in. On th