“Does that mean I failed?” I inquired. I’m sure I wasn’t the first or the last to ask this question. In fact, the man sitting in the passenger seat had probably heard it many times that day alone. He looked over and nodded indifferently. He had known me for a total of six minutes, if that, and yet here he was, shattering my dreams—again. When I slumped into the passenger seat next to my mother, I began...

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