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MY MEANDERING JOURNEY TO THE CORNER OFFICE
Right after I turned 14, my best friend’s mom, Mrs. Farmer, pulled me out of my midmorning freshman math class. She and the school principal knocked on the door and then had a word with the teacher, who instructed me to go with them. They didn’t say anything other than my friend’s mom needed to take me home.
I grew up in rural Vermont and went to school in a unified school district. My high school served several small towns along the spine of the northern Green Mountains. I lived a long way from school. Mrs. Farmer and I knew each other well. Her three boys were soccer stars. At that time, two were playing in college, while her son Eddy and I were tearing it up in high school on a strong varsity team. ...
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