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American culture encourages everyone to be a go-getter, and I’ve been reflecting lately that even in my former incarnation as a Semi-Gifted Kid I was never much of one. I sort of mashed myself into that shape, because I liked to please and it was important to my parents that I do the things—good grades, piano, math competitions, etcetera. And also I really wanted to go to college in the United States and college admissions requires teenagers to jump through insane and arbitrary hoops to prove that they are Worthy of Receiving an Elite Education. So I jumped! And then, of course, I quickly left college for Silicon Valley, which is where I met people so good at go-getting I kind of gave up on the whole thing. Everyone in my life is so excellent at showing initiative. I mean, any one of my friends could cold email the statue of someone who died in 1578 and get a response in 30 minutes. They’re very crisp communicators and extremely competitive. A lot of them run companies or are otherwise

against brute forcing Ava Oct 11, 2024 349 23 70 Share Karen Kilimnik, Dinner in the Alley , 2010 American culture encourages everyone to be a go-getter, and I’ve been reflecting lately that even in my former incarnation as a Semi-Gifted Kid I was never much of one. I sort of mashed myself into that shape, because I liked to please and it was important to my parents that I do the things—good grades, piano, math competitions, etcetera. And also I really wanted to go to college in the United States and college admissions requires teenagers to jump through insane and arbitrary hoops to prove that

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