Alexi talks about the hardships being a Native American and how they are often discriminated upon. For some time he felt alone because he felt that no one understood him. When he writes the Native Education, although he does use humor to lighten the mood a bit, one can still feel the pains he felt as he goes through his childhood being discriminated upon by not only the white people, but his own Native Americans. But one thing he does throughout his life is persevere, and go beyond what people thought he could do. He made his own path and did what he wanted to do, although many people like his parents tried to persuade him to do things in their own interests. People must find their own paths to happiness. Its hard at the beginning to figure out who you are. The environment around you influences who you are, the people you interact with influence who you are, the events in your life influence who you are, these things make you who you are.