Grandpa Said My Son Was Not Worth College Tuition Until Graduation Night Proved Him Wrong

students. A college counselor asked Elias to speak at a conference for first-generation students. He said yes. A publisher called about a book. He’s thinking about it.

This morning I dropped him at the airport for that conference. He was going to speak to a thousand students who’ve been told, in various ways and with varying degrees of politeness, that continue reading …