1950

Guilt at his family's blind support having forced him back to school; psychology, philosophy, and economics become his saviors. The freedom to think and discuss openly is intoxicating.

He amasses so many units he can almost get two degrees, but is told he cannot graduate because he hasn't satisfied the foreign language requirement. He tells the administrators that English is his foreign language, but they tell him English is not a foreign language.

After much discussion, they allow him to satisfy the requirement with Arabic, his native tongue.