570-word version:

“Please don’t think less of me. I know you don’t get it, but this is just how it is around here, and I know it’s a lame excuse, but I’m just not cut out for school, education, ‘a carrion kite never making a good hawk’ kind of stuff...”

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602-word version: Syracuse

“...Please don’t think less of me. I know you don’t get it, but this is just how it is around here, and I know it’s a lame excuse, but I’m just not cut out for school, education, ‘a carrion kite never making a good hawk’ kind of stuff...” These were his last words as we said goodbye to each other just before thanksgiving ended...