People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.
Some people take the spelling bee very seriously. These people are called "parents of children in the spelling bee." They're trying to make up for their own childhood of crushed dreams and misspelled words.
I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else.
I've been running my whole life. Running into bars, running around the world. But when you have a child, you can't run. That was a revelation.
Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child.
