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If you were to run for higher office in your country, what controversial thing would the vetting process uncover about you? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by vettnerk@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I put my university, the years I attended, and my major and minor focus of study.

It's not a lie, and if pressed, I always tell the truth. It's become a non issue as my professional experience has mounted and now my resume and references speak for itself.

But, unless I'm asked directly...

Nobody needs to know I dropped out first semester of my senior year due to a crippling drug addiction. Or as I phrase it, a period in my life where I needed to tend to a family medical emergency.