Dismissed For Lacking A Degree, I Let My Life Speak For Itself – The Archivist

laughed in all the right places, nodded knowingly at his references to long nights and hard-won victories.

I had heard versions of this speech before, at other celebrations marking other milestones. Marcus was good at this—good at distilling his success into a narrative that made it seem both inevitable and hard-earned, extraordinary and relatable.continue reading …