Although I am exceedingly humble by nature, my elementary school teachers and classmates knew early on that I was destined for success. Besides having a Roman Numeral suffix on my name, and the school library named for my family, teachers and administrators seemed to take an instant shine to me.

As an early social media disruptor, I was named most likely to succeed. Well, I was the only one on the yearbook committee, so I printed what I wanted. The books were already distributed before anyone would look too closely. It's not like they would pay to reprint them even if Jenny Kirkpatrick took exception to being named ugliest by the yearbook committee. They say there's no such thing as bad publicity, but I learned early on that your school disagrees.

Eventually I learned that you cannot rely on your family name, even if it's usually followed by "Living Trust". Most families set them up as Revocable so they can grief you about not showing enough initiative or "gumption" or some other nonsense when you've earned your inheritance by turning 18. I can assure you that suing parents demonstrates gumption.