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>> I was an off-campus student.
I was married, and I worked 30 to 40 hours a week and attended Rice.
So it was a little bit stressful.
But I had a great experience here.
I learned a great deal.
And I believe Rice prepared me for graduate school at the University of Texas,
where I earned a law degree and later practiced law.
One of my disconcerting -- I would say --
memorable experiences at Rice was having my professor have a stack of papers,
and he distributed them, as a way of getting to know the students.
And each time he would get to me and get to my paper, he would tuck it under.
He didn't match me with my paper.
And I would always put a bright color little slide
on my plastic paper, so I could recognize mine.
And so, I came to realize that he didn't associate me
with my paper, because it was a good paper.
And I realized, at that time, that even my professors had the attitude
that perhaps I didn't belong.
But I did graduate.
I think all but one semester I made the Dean's List or Honor Roll.
I don't recall what we called it at that time.
And my final semester at Rice was fantastic.
I did not work that semester.
And I was able to volunteer with Right to Read, in Fondren Library,
helping adults learn how to read.
And I was also able to participate in a play.
And I had a wonderful university experience.
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