{"id":12766,"date":"2017-03-13T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=12766"},"modified":"2017-03-13T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:00:28","slug":"in-armenia-what-do-you-want-to-be-is-asked-in-infancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/in-armenia-what-do-you-want-to-be-is-asked-in-infancy\/","title":{"rendered":"In Armenia, \u2018What Do You Want to Be?\u2019 Is Asked in Infancy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Remember when you got your first tooth, and you chose the twist tie from the objects we showed you? No? Well too bad…because that’s when you decided you would be a garbage collector and it’s set in stone. You should’ve chosen the car keys if you wanted that taxi driving career.”<\/p>\n

As an Armenian American, I’m just glad I didn’t grow up in Armenia.<\/p>\n

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“Remember when you got your first tooth, and you chose the twist tie from the objects we showed you? No? Well too bad…because that’s when you decided you would be a garbage collector and it’s set in stone. 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