Identity and Youth
Usha analogizes J.D. to this chelonian creature.
What is a turtle?
J.D. cites this federal program, which helped fund his college education, as an example of effective policy.
What is the G.J. Bill
Yale Law School is sometimes described as HLS, which stands for this.
What is Hogwarts Law School?
This is the name of J.D.'s wife, whom he met at Yale.
Who is Usha?
Aunt Wee insisted to J.D.: "This is your home now. It's ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ __ ____."
J.D. credits this important childhood routine with Mamaw for teaching him the importance of education.
What is doing homework and discussing school at her kitchen table every night?
This is the phenomenon when educated people leave struggling cities and settle in ones with greater opportunity.
What is "brain drain?"
This is the name of the week in August in which prestigious law firms descend upon Yale to meet the next generation of lawyers.
What is the Fall Interview Program (FIP)?
J. D.'s Recurring Nightmare
What is being chased by his mother and abandoned by Mamaw and Lindsay
Vance calls Usha his "Yale ___ ___."
What is spirit guide?
Vance describes this unlikely but touching source of motivation that kept him pushing forward.
What is Mamaw’s belief that he could break the family cycle?
The Ohio senate wanted to curb this thing which had helped J.D. out of a few tight situations.
What is payday lending?
Vance used these two over-the-counter medicines as if they were "magical elixirs" to power himself through his unhealthily busy OSU schedule.
What are NyQuil and DayQuil?
This person's stories about the family’s Appalachian roots helped shape J.D.’s understanding of his heritage.
Who is Uncle Pet?
"At Yale, networking power is like the ___ __ ______"
What is "air we breathe"
J.D. reflects on this specific childhood moment when Mamaw made him feel capable of success.
What is the time Mamaw told him he was "the smartest boy she knew" after helping with math?
Vance recognizes that social mobility also means a change in lifestyle: in the past three years, he has tried to break his addiction to this thing, which he believes has too many words.
What are refined processed sugars?
Vance joined this student organization at Ohio State, which played a significant role in shaping his leadership skills and work ethic.
What is the Ohio State University ROTC program?
DAILY DOUBLE
"Mamaw always had two Gods: ___ and ___."
As Vance walks off the OSU graduation stage, with law school next year in the front of his mind, he thinks, "__ __ __ __ __"
What is "On to the next one?"
When J.D. hit a low point, this mentor offered him career-changing advice that helped him persevere.
Who is Professor Amy Chua?
The name of the "remarkably kind senator" in the Ohio statehouse for whom Vance works during his time in OSU.
Who is Bob Schuler?
Vance graduates from Ohio State in this exceptionally short amount of time.
What is one year and eleven months?
Breathitt was the only county in America to do this, which earned its name "Bloody Breathitt."
What is that it filled its WWI draft quota entirely with volunteers?
Vance uses this rhyming phrase: "I knew that Ohio State was __-__-__-___-__ time."
What is "put-up-or-shut-up?"