should you go back to admire a sentence you've finished reading, or rush to experience the next...

From the wise words of our professor Mr. Michael Bennett, “Grading is a bit of a social construct. It's a way for society to judge or credit something. Evaluation is something we do naturally. We evaluate on a daily basis. When we first meet someone, when we enter a new place, when we taste a new food- we are evaluating. So what purpose does grading serve?” After being hit with a philosophical question towards the very nature of our academic system, you’d think the idea would

You come to learn how the stories we tell hold power, and sometimes in finding yourself others find themselves too.

I put down this book several times...I'll admit this book was not one I found easily read.

There is so much mundanity in not achieving your dreams. Wolitzer manages the unique magic of making this mundanity, vulnerably human.