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zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

academic struggles by Rona W. '23 zig-zagging in a world of straight lines January 20, 2023 in Academics & Research , Challenges , How to School Even as a kid, school never fit right for me. I recall my third-grade teacher told us all to “divide your page in half.” The other students made horizontal or vertical slashes. Feeling rebellious, and wanting to amuse myself with the notion of “half”, I did a zig-zag that still partitioned the page into two equal areas. The teacher, who by this time of the school year was already familiar with my shenanigans, just sighed and said, “Rona, you can do th

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