The Price of Second Place
Language: en
The school bully gives me $10,000 a month, forbidding me to rank first. "Hailey has strong self-esteem, she can't stand not being first. Anyway you have good grades, first or not doesn't matter." I took the money, stayed as number two for three years. Before College Admissions, he found me again. Concise: "$100,000, don't take the SATs, Hailey wants to be the city's valedictorian." Paused, then said: "wronged you these years, next year I accompany you to repeat a year." I happily agreed. Turned around holding MIT full ride scholarship offer flying to Boston. Money and degree, I…