I’m short. I’m five footfive-well, five foot six if I want to impress someone. If theaverage height of American men is five foot ten, that means I’mnearly half a foot shorter than the average Joe out there. And thenthere are the basketball players.
My height has always been something that’s set me apart; it’shelped define me. It’s just that as long as I can remember, Ihaven’t liked the definition very much. Every Sunday when I was ingrade school my dad and I would watch ESPN Primetime Football.Playing with friends at home, I always imagined the booming ESPNvoice of Chris Berman giving the play-by-play of our streetfootball games. But no matter how well I performed at home withfriends, during school recess the stigma of “short kid” stuck withme while they were choosing teams.
Still concerned as Senior year rolled along, I visited a growthspecialist. Pacing the exam room in a shaky, elliptical
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