This term was the first time in my life that I felt challenged. As hard as it tried, it didn't stop me. Thus, I now feel unstoppable. That is good for my confidence and for causing me to take risks in helping the world, and it is bad for moderating myself and getting sleep.
I started working on way too many tech projects including a project to take the paper out of debate.
I wasted lots of time.
I taught at a summer camp with 4 days notice and no lesson plan (and no sleep during the week). It taught me some lessons about teaching, such that handwriting, no matter how horrible, can still help. It showed me the other side of kids not paying attention (Get off my lawn!). It made me realize just how valuable debate and debate camp is.
If any sentence in the summary intrigues you, there are several additional paragraphs related to that sentence in the body of my letter, and the index will tell you where to look. Make sure you read the full version before commenting about me to someone else, though. Regardless of how much you end up reading, write back! I look forward to hearing from you.
In short
I have had lots of fun, made lots of friends, learned lots of new things, and am, generally, having a good time.
Sorry about being so verbose. I included a table of contents in case you want to jump around. I just wanted to be comprehensive since I hadn’t written in so long. [The version on samking.org doesn't have a table of contents since it was transitioned from the old site. Sorry.]
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