"Muupenyu hwangu hwose, vabereki vangu vakandiudza kuti ndiri “mushandi anoshanda nesimba.” Pandaiva muduku, izvi zvaireva zvakawanda kwandiri. Ndaiti ndikananga kumba, ndine kadhi reshumo mumaoko, ndichifarira kuvhenekera amai vangu mutsetse wemaA uye kunzwa mashoko akapfava aya: “Ndinodada newe.” Vanhu pavakandibvunza nezvekurudziro yangu yekuita zvakanaka muchikoro, zvinoita sekunge vaifungidzira kuti ndakapihwa mvumo kana zvipo zvekuedza kwangu kukuru asi chokwadi, iwo mazwi mashanu akange akakwana kundichengeta ndiri munyasha dzemudzidzi. Mwari vese muhupenyu hwangu hwese high school. Sekureva kwevabereki vangu, vakoma vangu vaive vane njere dzakakura uye vakazvarwa vaine zvese zvekushandisa kuti vanyatsoita zvakanaka muchikoro. Ini, kune rumwe rutivi? Bva, ndakanga ndiri munhu anoshanda nesimba.

Fungidzira kufara kwangu pandakagamuchirwa muyunivhesiti yekutanga yeruzhinji munyika. Handina kudaira zvandaiona. Ndakazopedzisira ndaita zvaiita sekuti ndakanga ndashandira hupenyu hwangu hwose; zvakaita kuti vabereki vangu vadade. Ndakanga ndiine chikoro chakaputirwa nechigunwe changu mukati mechikoro chesekondari saka ndakafunga kuti zvakafanana pandakapinda kukoreji gore rangu rekutanga. Ndakanga ndashanda nesimba muchikoro chesekondari uye ndaiziva kuti ndikaramba ndichidaro, vabereki vangu vaizonyatsoona kungwara kwandakaitawo.

Sezvandakagara muhurukuro yangu yekutanga yebiology, mwoyo wangu wakanyura. Ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti professor wangu aitaura nezvei uye zvaiita sokuti mumwe nomumwe wezera rangu aizviitira. Zvakanyanya kundinetsa, ndakatanga kusava nechokwadi uye ndakatanga kutora zvandakaudzwa nevabereki vangu kubva kuzera rangu rekupedzisira, nemoyo. Ndakanga ndisisatende kuti ndakangwara zvekuenda kuchikoro chakaita seUCLA. Ini ndaiva ani kuti ndifunge kuti ndakanga ndakakodzera kuti ndiite semukuru webiology apo ndakanga ndisingakwanisi kunzwisisa kirasi yangu yekutanga biology? Kuva munhu anoshanda nesimba kwaiita sokunge kutukwa. Zvaiita sokuti vabereki vangu vaiziva kuti upenyu hwangu hwose ndakanga ndisina kungwara sezvandaifungidzira kuti ndaiva asi kuti ndiri munhu “aishanda nesimba” zvake. Ndakarwadziwa chose.

Zvakatora gore rangu rose remunhu mutsva kuti ndiwane chirevo chezvazvaireva chaizvo kuve anoshanda nesimba. Ndaifanira kuzvidzidzisa ndimene kuti kuva munhu anoshanda nesimba hakurevi kuti ndakanga ndisina kungwara zvokusagona kunzwisisa zvinhu nenzira iri nyore, zvaingoreva kuti ndakanga ndakachenjera zvikuru zvokusagona kuzvibvumira ndimene kuregeredza uye kukanganwa icho chainyanyokosha kwandiri. Ndakatanga kutora hunhu hwangu hwepamusoro uye nekuhushandura kuita chimwe chinhu chakaita kuti ndinyatsogona semudzidzi. Ndakatanga kutora mukana wekudzidzisa masevhisi akagadzirirwa vadzidzi vasina kumiririrwa paUCLA uye zvakaramba zvichishanda kuti zvindibatsire. Kuva munhu anoshanda nesimba? Chakanga chiri chisarudzo chakanakisisa chandati ndamboita."