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Everything I Might Have Been

This world isn’t entirely fair, is it? At least, it’s not fair if fairness involves everybody being given an equal chance to succeed, an equal chance to make something of themselves, an equal chance to make good on their gifts and talents. Just across town is one of the finest and most expensive private schools in the world. Tuition at Appleby College is creeping ever closer to six figures a year, but the education its students receive is unparalleled. I sometimes wonder what I could have b