One Monday In October

Days like today always make me think of it.

Those first few months of college are a treacherous time, especially if you’re a kid who’s always been the smartest person he knows. Suddenly, you’re not even the smartest person in your set of bunk beds. Believe it or not, that eats people up. People commit suicide over it.

I didn’t have that problem. Any suggestion that I was any kind of übermensch, ac…