Michelle Was Different
Well, we are not sure of the statistical answer to the question but people are wired to get older, to learn and experiment with what they like and do not like. Other individuals change their minds and find the harsh reality of adulthood to be a dream killer. Thus, it is very normal to age into something your 5-year old self would never have expected. Michelle for sure was unaware as she watched the 1988 Olympics that she would be in that same space a decade later. This was going to be a challenge, to say the least.
Michelle Was Different
The Kwan Parents Reaction
Michelle Kwan wanted more than anything to be in the big leagues, an Olympic figure-skater. She had set her eye on the prize. When telling her parents she said they reacted rather normally to her elaborate wish.
The Kwan Parents Reaction