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My sister smashed my glasses the morning of my thesis defense. ‘I guess you’ll have to fail,’ she laughed. Mom handed me a roll of tape. ‘Fix them yourself.’ Dad said: ‘They’ve already started without you.’ I didn’t argue. Ten minutes later, my thesis advisor was pounding on our front door and he wasn’t alone.

My sister broke my glasses at 8:07 on the morning I was supposed to defend five years of research. Then she smiled…

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My sister smashed my glasses the morning of my thesis defense. ‘I guess you’ll have to fail,’ she laughed. Mom handed me a roll of tape. ‘Fix them yourself.’ Dad said: ‘They’ve already started without you.’ I didn’t argue. Ten minutes later, my thesis advisor was pounding on our front door and he wasn’t alone.

My sister broke my glasses at 8:07 on the morning I was supposed to defend five years of research. Then she smiled…

7 min read Read story

My sister smashed my glasses the morning of my thesis defense. ‘I guess you’ll have to fail,’ she laughed. Mom handed me a roll of tape. ‘Fix them yourself.’ Dad said: ‘They’ve already started without you.’ I didn’t argue. Ten minutes later, my thesis advisor was pounding on our front door and he wasn’t alone.

My sister broke my glasses at 8:07 on the morning I was supposed to defend five years of research. Then she smiled…

7 min read Read story

My sister smashed my glasses the morning of my thesis defense. ‘I guess you’ll have to fail,’ she laughed. Mom handed me a roll of tape. ‘Fix them yourself.’ Dad said: ‘They’ve already started without you.’ I didn’t argue. Ten minutes later, my thesis advisor was pounding on our front door and he wasn’t alone.

My sister broke my glasses at 8:07 on the morning I was supposed to defend five years of research. Then she smiled…

7 min read Read story

My sister smashed my glasses the morning of my thesis defense. ‘I guess you’ll have to fail,’ she laughed. Mom handed me a roll of tape. ‘Fix them yourself.’ Dad said: ‘They’ve already started without you.’ I didn’t argue. Ten minutes later, my thesis advisor was pounding on our front door and he wasn’t alone.

My sister broke my glasses at 8:07 on the morning I was supposed to defend five years of research. Then she smiled…

7 min read Read story

My sister smashed my glasses the morning of my thesis defense. ‘I guess you’ll have to fail,’ she laughed. Mom handed me a roll of tape. ‘Fix them yourself.’ Dad said: ‘They’ve already started without you.’ I didn’t argue. Ten minutes later, my thesis advisor was pounding on our front door and he wasn’t alone.

My sister broke my glasses at 8:07 on the morning I was supposed to defend five years of research. Then she smiled…

7 min read Read story

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