Carey had a great childhood, adolescents and introduction to adulthood. While individuals with a more troubled past or those who have experienced trauma or social difficulties in school are often jealous of those few people who seem to have led a charmed life, there is actually and usually an unfortunate consequence to the perfect childhood. Carey, like the few others in his demographic status quickly found adulthood to be someone less enchanting than the last five, well actually twenty, years and he soon considered high school to be the golden days.

Carey had grown up in Hartford, Connecticut. He and his best friend had great memories of winter afternoons in Bushnell Park building snowmen and having snowball fights. That park was like a second home to them and as they got older they would go there in the evenings and listen to the music concerts and would sometimes work security for the many festivals that occurred there. Also, once they entered high school and were able to get their driver’s licenses they began to head up to Springfield, Massachusetts on Friday nights. They had some great times together and with other friends in those days.

Carey had become completely demystified with his low-level office job and wondered how his life suddenly arrived at such a standstill. He flew home for the weekend to contemplate things and reminisce a little about the good ole days. He spent the afternoon in Bushnell Park and as he was walking back to his room in one of the hotels Hartford he bumped into an old high school classmate, Jimmy Wilson. Carey hardly gave Jimmy the time of day in high school but was almost thrilled to see him standing there. Jimmy looked happy and like he was doing well and told Carey that he was married and had two children. He was in town visiting his parents. Meanwhile he had recently gotten his law degree and was working as a defense lawyer. Suddenly it dawned on Carey. He needed to go to college to recapture a little of life’s fun. With a renewed sense of purpose, Carey returned home and immediately applied to the University of Hartford.

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