Ask Me Again Tomorrow by Olympia Dukakis

Author:Olympia Dukakis [Olympia Dukakis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061738173
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2007-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

WHEN I BEGAN my master’s in fine arts at Boston University, I felt like a war veteran rejoining a civilian population that had no knowledge of what was happening on the front lines. For two years I had been treating people sickened, paralyzed, or dying from polio. I had lived far from home and moved so often that I had no close relationships. I was part of a national health crisis that involved life-and-death struggles every day. I was only a couple of years older than my classmates, but I felt ancient in comparison. I judged them to be frivolous and superficial. Once again, I felt like an outsider.

I took a room near the school, even though my parents had very much wanted me to live with them. After all I had been through, I couldn’t bring myself to return home. My life had moved forward and I needed to stay out there in the world. I needed to be on my own, to navigate this part of my education and life on my own terms.

I was elated to be back at school. I could pursue my dream at my own expense, and I was determined not to squander any of it. I dove into my studies with a single-minded determination, almost obsession. I signed up for as many liberal arts courses as possible, including classes in literature, literary theory and criticism, history, and classicism. I was curious, so hungry for this that I made the conscious decision to forgo a social life and put all of my energies into my studies. I would write myself a weekly study schedule and stick to it. I recall walking by bars on my way home and seeing my classmates socializing and flirting. I thought they were wasting their time, that they should be home studying. I would then get home and study until I was exhausted.

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