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Weekly Contest #166
“I quit!” two simple words that got me scolded when I’d scream them as a child. Growing up my parents told me quitting means failure. They would then go on to list some famous person like Albert Einstein and say, “if he quit you wouldn’t have this light to do your homework!” to which I would have to say through sobs “it was Edison who invented the lightbulb.” But I guess their logic worked well enough because, I made it through high school and I’m going to college in the fall. Right now, though? I’m working at Patties Diner. I’ve worked here...
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