When the family moves to Santa Monica, she determines to become an undercover math whiz, agreeing to inflate the system's scores in return for anonymity in class. I looked around that lecture hall and thought: These are my people.įarrah (her actress mother loved Charlie's Angels) Higgins acquired her nickname "Digit" in middle school, where her genius math skills and compulsive overreaction to asymmetrical objects made her a pariah among her peers. I could feel my cells accelerating throughout my body, like I was super-alive. I mean, every one of them had busted their butts to get into MIT, and, just like me, they felt like this class was a reward for their hard work. It wasn't until the class was over than I figured out what the difference was.Įvery single student wanted to be there. The vibe in the big lecture hall was unlike any class I'd ever been in.
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