From the time I was born, it seems, I have loved the water. Somewhere there is a photo of me at eighteen months wearing a wetsuit and mask, watching my grandfather’s scuba class. For many, the surface of the ocean is an end; it is merely a shallow mirror of the earth and sky. For me, the surface of the ocean is a beginning: the entrance to another world where light can only reach so far and people have...

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Think about courses where you got positive feedback from your teachers. Did your English teacher have high praise for an...