During my second year of college, I found myself in a rough spot.

I was studying on a sports scholarship, so every second I breathed was about rowing. I was the fittest I’d ever been in my life, but mentally, I was resentful.

Watching my friends as they all went off and enjoyed the good parts of college life while I had 5 o’clock practice every morning was killing me. I finally had enough and quit the team. It was a bummer that my so — called “free ride” was over; I now had to apply for student loans like everyone else. I started studying business and political science with the aim of going into entertainment law one day. Without my mind stuck on rowing, I could actually enjoy my classes.

My political theory course was in a massive lecture hall, taught by one of the oldest... Leer Más