and the truth is, my years that swarthmore and you were absolutely the most miserable of my life. i would have happily traded those days for going back to the sweatshop with my mother. i felt so out of place, so ostracized, so incredibly ashamed of my background. my first day at swarthmore, i came upon a few white girls just hanging out in the cafeteria and they were talking and i wanted to fit in. they were talking about writing. so i sat down and i was like, huh? i never learned to ride a bike. and they were like, we're talking about horses. and i was like, oh, think about riding horses and think people did that. and i'm like, oh, that's funny. i don't know how to ride those either. and they just stare at me and then i start listing things. i didn't know how to do because i wanted to. i thought, like, vulnerability, you know being me would pull in. so i was like, i don't know how to swim, you know, i still know how to drive. and they just look at me, they're like, do you not have a childhood or something? like what? this look of disgust. and they just walked. and from day on i k

. >> a graduate of yale law school and swarthmore college the commercial litigator she's managing a firm dedicated to advocating for education her writing has appeared in major publications such as "the new york times" and the "washington post." she lives in brooklyn with her husband and lives with her dogs salty and pepper. please they warm welcome. [applause] in the episode of "seinfeld" a library investigation officer named lieutenant bookman visits jerry's apartment. according to library records, jerry m had henry miller's cancr checked out since 1971 but he returned it the same year. when he learned the dilemma do you know how much that comes to it's going to be $50,000. but when jerry corrects him it doesn't work like that. kramer gives voice to a fear that would have sent chills through my body as i a child whn lieutenant bookman arrives at the scene, she delivers perhaps the best monologue of the series. that may not mean anything to you but it means a lot to me. i've seen your type before. flashing, making a scene. i know what you're thinking. what is he making a big stink about

chin, julie wong is a graduate of yale law school in swarthmore college formerly a commercial litigator. she is now managing partner of gottlieb and wing wong llp a firm dedicated to advocating for education and civil rights her writing has appeared in major publications such as the new york times and the washington post. she lives in brooklyn with her husband and their two rescued dogs salty and peppers. please give a warm savannah. welcome to chin julie wong. in the episode of seinfeld titled library cop a library investigation's officer named lieutenant bookman visits jerry's apartment the visit occurs because according to library records jerry had had henry miller's tropic of cancer checked out since 1971. but according to jerry he returned it that same year. when he learns of the dilemma kramer is terrified. do you know how much that comes to? that's a nickel a day for 20 years. it's going to be $50,000. but when jerry corrects him, it doesn't work like that. kramer gives voice to a fear that would have sent chills through my body as a child. well if it's a dime a day, it's a hundr