When I stood silently in the admissions line at the Police Cadet Academy in Hartford, Connecticut, I did not have an inkling as to how much growing up I was about to do in only one week. At fourteen years old, I had already been in my Police Explorer Post in Thomaston for a year. I prepared myself physically for the academy by doing pushups, situps, and running daily. This would help out a lot with what was to come...