As mentioned in Yvette's article "The Power of Philosophy", she thought that acquiring knowledge would be too expensive since she grew up in a non-rich environment . When she applied to college and majored in philosophy, she was able to make friends and also express her opinions in public. It made her fall like she belonged there. She changed her way of thinking by breaking the norms that people in her class never went to college. The quote shows how it helped Yvette understand her own life and changed the way she lived, so that she made friends that she considered.