:12:01
3.94 GPA.
:12:02
Thesis?
:12:03
''Emerging Ancillary Markets in
the Global Wireless Revolution.''
:12:07
l bet that's quite a read.
:12:08
We're actually looking
to beef up our Tech Practice
:12:11
but then you probably
already knew that.
:12:13
So...
:12:16
''Katherine Burke...''
:12:17
who are you?
:12:18
Where do you come from?
:12:20
l grew up
in the middle of nowhere.
:12:22
The birthplace
of Wendell Willkie
:12:23
is 20 miles away,
and that's about it.
:12:25
My mom works in a bottling plant
and sells Nutra-Life products
:12:29
and my dad left
when l was little.
:12:31
l never really knew him.
:12:32
Hmm.
:12:37
Tell us about a problem
you've encountered.
:12:39
My guidance counselor tried
:12:41
to keep me from applying
to good schools.
:12:43
l thought she was my friend.
:12:45
She said she understood me
:12:46
and that l would be happier
staying close to home--
:12:49
junior college
or secretarial school.
:12:51
She hated me.
:12:52
What action did you take?
:12:54
l invited a senator
who attended college here
:12:56
to speak at our school.
:12:57
And what was the result?
:12:59
l got a strong letter
of recommendation
:13:01
from a U.S. Senator,
was accepted early decision
:13:04
and they gave me
lots of financial aid.
:13:06
And what did you learn
from this experience?
:13:07
Truthfully?
:13:08
Of course.
:13:11
Mrs. Castleman
was a sneaky bitch.
:13:14
lt was the first time
l was betrayed
:13:16
by someone l trusted.
:13:17
l looked up to her.
:13:18
l didn't come close
:13:19
to understanding the depth
to which she resented me.
:13:23
l learned that people
who help me, who invest in me
:13:26
become my partners,
and my success is their success
:13:28
that relationships
are symbiotic.
:13:30
l learned responsibility
based on others' faith in me.
:13:33
l hope to be able to pay some
dividends to those investors.
:13:38
How many pennies
do you think it would take
:13:40
to fill this room?
:13:41
With or without us in it?
:13:56
Whoa, whoa, stop!
:13:59
Okay, that was... appalling.