When I was in high school in Detroit, there was a great deal of emphasis on clothing.
As I became increasingly interested in fitting in with the “in crowd,” fashion supplanted academic
achievement in my hierarchy of importance. My grades plummeted and I became a person who was less pleasant and more self-absorbed.My mother was very disappointed, because she thought I had enough insight and intelligence
to avoid the flypaper trap of acting like everyone else.Fortunately, after wasting a year pursuing acceptance, I realized that my dreams went far beyond silk shirts and sharkskin pants. I decided to forsake the “in crowd” and redoubled my academic efforts in time to rescue my sinking grade-point average and gain admission to an Ivy League university
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