One father wanted to know whether an apprenticeship could lead to an engineering degree.

A mother needed help finding fee waivers.

Another student had been told she was too late to apply for nursing school.

The whiteboard filled with dates.

Our dining room acquired an energy it had not held in years.

I told Selena we could stop any time it became overwhelming.

She shook her head.

“Grandma Camilla keeps saying a degree is a waste,” she said.