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Experience Is the Edge

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Lenny came rushing into my first hour class
waving a newspaper. “Howard, have you seen the
newspaper?”
“Why, are you in the funny pages?” I asked.
He rolled his eyes. “Ha, ha. Very funny. I have a
mind not to show you, now.”
“Yeah,” I replied. “Except for the fact that I could
read it on my own, and then you would miss out on
being the first to show me.”
He knew I had him there. He shoved the
newspaper at me. “Here. Look for yourself.”
He had the paper open to the listings for the all-
conference and all-state football team nominations. I
smiled. “You made all-conference. Congratulations.”
He shook his head. “No. I didn’t. You did. And
you made the all-state team, too.”
I was surprised and scanned the list to see if he
was telling the truth. Sure enough, I was listed in all-
conference for offensive guard and on the state team for
defensive tackle.
I guess the look on my face must have spoken my

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