TWA from Tuesday, September 12, 2017 “Last Night I Was a Child Again in Raleigh” by Corey Mesler from Among the Mensans. © Iris Press, 2017. ORIGINAL TEXT and AUDIO - 2017 It's the birthday of the journalist and editor H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken, born in Baltimore, Maryland (1880). He graduated as the valedictorian from his high school at the age of 15, but even though he was burning to write, he did exactly what his father expected: He took a job at the cigar factory. He started out rolling the cigars alongside the other blue-collar men, and he actually enjoyed that manual labor. But when he was promoted to the front office, he was hopelessly bored. He finally mustered up his courage and told his father that he wanted to pursue a career in journalism. His father told him to bring up the subject again in a year.
TWA from Tuesday, September 12, 2017
TWA from Tuesday, September 12, 2017
TWA from Tuesday, September 12, 2017
TWA from Tuesday, September 12, 2017 “Last Night I Was a Child Again in Raleigh” by Corey Mesler from Among the Mensans. © Iris Press, 2017. ORIGINAL TEXT and AUDIO - 2017 It's the birthday of the journalist and editor H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken, born in Baltimore, Maryland (1880). He graduated as the valedictorian from his high school at the age of 15, but even though he was burning to write, he did exactly what his father expected: He took a job at the cigar factory. He started out rolling the cigars alongside the other blue-collar men, and he actually enjoyed that manual labor. But when he was promoted to the front office, he was hopelessly bored. He finally mustered up his courage and told his father that he wanted to pursue a career in journalism. His father told him to bring up the subject again in a year.