The Wake - Fortnightly Magazine

Amina Jaafar

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Smarter Than You

From a young age, I knew I would go to graduate school. My father (like a lot of other foreign born fathers) emphasized the importance of having a couple of letters after my last name. J and D were acceptable. P, H, and D were even better, and M and D were the ultimate in parental bliss. I couldn’t be a lawyer because I have a soul. Medicine was out …