The main thing I wanted readers to understand about my educational experience was how the learning experience affected and shaped me as a person. The learning experience changed the way I think about a lot of things, and how I think about myself, and made me more confident about who I am and what I believe. If I had told the story to someone, and they looked at me and asked "And, so...?" I would finish the sentence "I'm just sayin', all this was significant because..." with "it fundamentally changed how I think about things and who I am." I'd also probably be quite offended at the question because the significance of my learning experience is plainly obvious to me. I don't think anyone I would ever tell that story would question the significance.