Now, I'm HESITANT to ADMIT that I am a "BOOKWORM".

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"WISDOM is NOT a product of SCHOOLING but of a LIFELONG-ATTEMPT to acquire it."
(--Albert Einstein)

(… SSSHHH!  Yes, I was the VALEDICTORIAN of a PRESTIGIOUS high school.  Yes, I TRIUMPHANTLY graduated--after attending for FOUR years--from a WELL-known/WELL-established "Ivy League" college.  Yes, I was academically-SUCCESSFUL during my "year+" of graduate school.)
(… But, I ALWAYS WANNA learn!)


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