Contrary to popular belief, an intelligent person isn't born; it is made. I was 12 when I met the person who shaped my destiny. It was night, and I was at a birthday party when I first encountered her. The very first moment that I met her, she already left me in awe. At 11 years old, she could already calculate the areas of two-dimensional regions and compute the volumes of three-dimensional objects, integral mathematics. On the other hand, I couldn't even figure out how to multiply 2-digit numbers. We became best friends, though we had our fair share of