Memory carries me back to my freshman year in college where, 28 years ago, I indulged in an unfortunate ritual for Hispanic students.

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For almost 20 years I've tried to get on "America's Favorite Quiz Show, " going all the way back to my freshman year in college, where I missed passing the written test by "one question" (not really, but the contestant coordinators asked us to say that as they did not reveal actual scores).

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My oldest son, for example, decided back in high school that college offered him nothing but a lot of debt and political-correctness hassle.

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We threw the ball back and forth during our discussion despite my fear of baseballs (I had my nose smashed by a baseball in college).

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My thought process went back to the summer I did an internship for a company while I was in college, putting their standard operating procedure on video.

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