Lauren Jackson
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Bible study that I attended every day before school.
I mean, it's astonishing that I didn't crash on the freeway every day when I was just careening down the highway to get there on time.
Because if I didn't graduate from this seminary class, I couldn't attend the big church university called Brigham Young University.
So I had to make it.
I was expected to attend.
And I expected myself for my whole life to attend, find someone to marry, have children and raise them in the church.
So it was an extraordinary shift when I decided to attend a secular university.
Was that a big deal in your family?
I had a guidance counselor who nudged me and nudged me and nudged me.
And finally, I relented and decided to apply for a scholarship.
And when I got it, I was really surprised by how moved I was by the environment, how much I thought I wanted to learn in that space.
And so ultimately, I decided to go.
But I was terrified.
And that was a really, really hard transition for me.