: About Me

Last spring I was applying for summer programs and, during a phone interview, actually said "kids these days." I am twenty two. The man interviewing me made a few jokes and we continued with our conversation. Afterward I got onto my computer and started reading. I remember being eight years old and standing at the end of my dock with my sister early on weekend mornings, before my parents would get out of bed. It was summer, and with the ice off the lake, we wanted to fish. We stuck the end of the fishing pole in the water and waited. There were a few times we caught fish, out of pure luck,...