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I was a good student in school.

I wanted to be a teacher.

I've always loved being a student.

When I was in college at Carnegie Mellon, I wanted to be a chemist. So I became one. I worked in a laboratory and went to graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh. Then I taught science at a private girls' school. I had three children and waited until all three were in school before I started writing.

I have a passion for academic life, a passion for students and for the ability and the narrative of a university to make a difference in the world in which they reside.

I was always a very good student.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

I was a good student - a geek, really - editor of the school paper, thought I was going to go to university.

I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.

I was a great student. I was good at everything.