Vlad Tenev

We moved for the second time.

First, we were in Delaware.

Then we moved to College Park, Maryland.

And my dad continued with his studies.

He got a PhD, his second PhD at University of Maryland.

And our first TV, which was six months after we moved in there, someone had thrown out this like shitty black and white TV.

It was probably from like the 60s or 70s.

You know, those TVs with the two knobs.

The big knob was like, it changes channels by the tens.

And then there was the little knob, which was missing, that lets you change channel by the ones.

Then we figured out, okay, if you get a wrench, you can just like kind of adjust it and get to channel five or something.

And of course, no cable.

We couldn't really afford that.

Was it frustrating not being able to talk to people?

What was that experience like?

Yeah, so kindergarten, I think it was pretty frustrating.

I found in an old briefcase when I visited my parents in D.C.

a couple months ago,

There was my old report card from kindergarten, right, where the teacher writes notes.

And I remember January of 1993, Vladimir is adjusting to kindergarten.