I AWOKE AT 6 A.M. AND WASHED MY FACE. My clothes were already picked out for me and lying on my bed. I brushed my teeth and my mom braided my hair into two pigtails, as I ate breakfast.

IT WAS A PRESENTATION day in one of my classes last week and instead of seeing a prepared group of students ready to fill my brain with excess information, all I could focus on was one of the guys sitting on the counter top in the lecture hall, with his grey boxers fully visible for the whole world to see, screaming, “Hey, look at me! I don’t know how to wear pants around my waist!â€Â