What Do You Do With a Voice Like That?

You give it more knowledge to work with.

College opened Barbara’s eyes to how the country was changing—and how it wasn’t. She learned how to find facts for herself, debate important issues, defend good ideas, and dismantle bad ones. Her law classes challenged her more than anything she’d known. She hid her struggles from her classmates, studying long and hard and out of sight. And when she graduated, yes, Barbara became a lawyer. But being a lawyer bored her. She used a typewriter and pen a lot more than she did her voice, and there was not enough work to occupy her time or her mind.

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