She grew up with saying, “We might enroll in school, but not always. Mom and Dad did most of our teaching” (20). People reading this book might be surprised that the Walls kids do not get their education from a public school or get home schooled by government rules. The Walls family lives out of society in many ways and people who grew up wealthy might understand that you are not always given a “good” education from the government to grow up well in the world. She was always scared of judgment by thinking, “I was convinced that if all these people found out about Mom and Dad and who I really was, it would be impossible for me to keep my job. So I avoided discussing my parents. When that was impossible, I lied” (270). Jeannette wanted to keep her past hidden from others because she did not want to be treated like that, she wanted to fit in and her mother was always trying to be different. She felt ashamed and she wanted privileged people who did not experience that to know how she felt. Overall, there are two main types of audience that Jeannette Walls is trying to