Monday, April 23, 2018

S.

She was the first student with whom I shared an office. I marveled at her cockiness at such a young age. Where does one get that confidence? She was a woman in the still male-dominated field of computer-science. When she left us, it was to move to England to accept her Rhodes Scholarship.
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3 comments:

  1. MaliApril 25, 2018 at 10:25 PM

    Oh, if only I had known where to get that confidence at that age. (Or at this age.)
    A Rhodes Scholarship is impressive.

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  2. Kim HanniganApril 26, 2018 at 9:49 AM

    Impressive, indeed.

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  3. Indigo BuntingApril 26, 2018 at 1:39 PM

    Like one does.

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