When you are the oldest, your parents practice on you. So you receive the benefits of more attention and bear the brunt of their mistakes.
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When you are the oldest, your parents practice on you. So you receive the benefits of more attention and bear the brunt of their mistakes.
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Her implication was clear. She was upset with me. While I was abashed and said I was sorry, our relationship was considerably cooler from then on.
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The point is, half our testing is useless, and even Cassandra doesn't have any idea which half.
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Unless my penmanship improved I could be held back and not go on to sixth grade.
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What was most unnerving? The police presence. While they weren't in riot gear, rows of cops stood their ground, clubs at the ready. Our knees shook.
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All seemed very normal in this town, as long as you stayed in your lane.
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One professional encounter started so small I could never anticipate how profoundly it would change how I thought about business and maybe even life.
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The room froze, and I immediately realized that I'd said something that was taken in a way I didn't mean.
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These teen-girl publications lacked content for nerdy girls like me, though.
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Occasionally I'd hear strange noises emanating from his basement office. Sometimes a squeak, sometimes a series of booms.
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The Big Sisters’ Club
Prompted By Birth Order
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When you are the oldest, your parents practice on you. So you receive the benefits of more attention and bear the brunt of their mistakes.
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A Two-Way Path
Prompted By Forgiveness
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Her implication was clear. She was upset with me. While I was abashed and said I was sorry, our relationship was considerably cooler from then on.
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Cleared for Take-off, Hard Landing
Prompted By Pandemic Summer
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The point is, half our testing is useless, and even Cassandra doesn't have any idea which half.
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A cursive compromise
Prompted By Cursive — Curse or Blessing?
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Unless my penmanship improved I could be held back and not go on to sixth grade.
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Candlelight and cops
Prompted By Protests
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What was most unnerving? The police presence. While they weren't in riot gear, rows of cops stood their ground, clubs at the ready. Our knees shook.
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Redlines, artists, and mobsters
Prompted By My Hometown
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All seemed very normal in this town, as long as you stayed in your lane.
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Random meeting, profound changes
Prompted By Chance Encounters
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One professional encounter started so small I could never anticipate how profoundly it would change how I thought about business and maybe even life.
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A Junior Mistake
Prompted By Embarrassment
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The room froze, and I immediately realized that I'd said something that was taken in a way I didn't mean.
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From Fashion to Feminism
Prompted By Magazines
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These teen-girl publications lacked content for nerdy girls like me, though.
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A Geek in the Best Sense
Prompted By Aunts & Uncles
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Occasionally I'd hear strange noises emanating from his basement office. Sometimes a squeak, sometimes a series of booms.
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