At five in the morning, we found Lena sitting at the kitchen table surrounded by notebooks and textbooks. Her eyes were red from exhaustion, yet she looked determined. She quickly closed her book when she saw us. Then she quietly admitted, “I know I’m not like Sophie, but I really want to go. I’ve been trying. I just don’t understand things as quickly.”
Her words hit me hard. I realized I had been measuring her worth by grades instead of recognizing her effort and struggles. Sophie then revealed that Lena
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