ABSTRACT
In spite of his poor eyesight, Papi was a farsighted man. He was also thoughtful, responsible, and concerned for the future of his two sons. "Too late for mine," he would say. He wanted us to do well, without specifying what we should do. Instead of telling me and Tego, "I want you two boys to become airplane pilots or army generals," he would say, "You're both going to finish school," by which he meant high school. He thought college was only for geniuses, men like this Einstein he had heard about, and Tego and I just didn't have that kind of brains. There were plenty of good jobs open to high school graduates.
