Off to drop the boy. We made the switch to private this year. I'm kind of mourning my exodus from the proletariat--but only symbolically.
Special shout out to Kenyatta in her third year at Columbia. Physics time! It's a new year. A new day.
Go get em tiger.
We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.