“Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the young faces panel.” Everyone gets quiet as the master of ceremonies begins the introduction. “As you know, the purpose of this panel is an extensive question and answer session. Before we can get to that, though, allow me introduce our panelists.

“First and foremost, to your right, you will see Sylvia Lansky. Sylvia Lansky is a graduate of Harvard University, and has a PhD in English from Oxford.” No wonder she looks so pretentious. ...