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Racing Like a Pronoun
Competition, Self-Motivation, & Balance
“Supine motivation is how I describe my approach to my academic life.”
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Pot of Gold
The High School Admissions Process, Take: SchoolLess
“I also hope I haven’t come to all the wrong conclusions.”
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Just Doing It
The High School Admissions Process (More or Less)
“Sometimes there are obvious solutions—eat a cracker, ask for help, write sentences—and sometimes not. Don’t look the former in the mouth, don’t let the latter overwhelm, and don’t mistake the two.”
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Over the Rainbow
On Writing (Or Not) One Day At a Time
“The gist of the story is that if, and who can argue with this, a writer is “one who writes,” then I was barely one.
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Sloth Daddy
Right Back at You, Tiger Mother
“Once you start down that road—race to the top, race to nowhere, go, go, go!—it’s night near impossible to reverse course.”
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Not Too Optimistic
Assessing “The Project” Now & Into the Future
“Most people should not be home schooled, my dad says, and I agree.”
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Unity & Coherence
Some Who Can Teach
“I wonder if he would even remember me, an odd blip of a student, a quietly disobedient boy from another time and place?”
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The Glint of Light
Truth, Expectation, & the Pursuit of Happiness
“Truth can be distorted, limited, irrelevant, meaningless. Truth can be false.”
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What Is Work?
On Competing with Self & Others
“Being home schooled, I am finally on my way to wailing.”
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Absolute Contingency
The Persistence of Paradox
“The rest of the time I thought I was a genius.”
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