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...Real World represents the end of our exceptionality as Harvard students. In this sense, a Harvard education is meaningless in the Real World except as a signal—a more maneuverable parachute??that may propel us ahead. Of course, signals have two sides. What propels us ahead also burdens us with others’ expectations. It is in these expectations, I think, that the true meaning of a Harvard education lies. In fighting to show others that we deserved our vaunted diplomas, we will be driven to excel, and to excess. The gnawing self-doubt that follows...
...it’s pretty hard to escape a high school without having had a few history courses. It is possible to escape without having had a course that focuses in a mature way on how to make decisions in cases of moral dilemmas.”GRAB YOUR PARACHUTE??Is there space and air in your mind,” William James suggested, “or must your companions gasp for air whenever they talk with you?” What is missing in the debate about Moral Reasoning is James’ very point. Moral...
Faced with such a situation, a significant percentage will drop theses, or, as my ex-Social Studies boyfriend put it, take advantage of that “giant golden parachute?? known as the Government Department. This is a great decision. Graduate school is in the near future anyway, at which time a Dissertation Club can be yours. In Cambridge, your senior spring will be pleasant; while your thesising friends are taking advantage of their only hope of a golden parachute??Jack Daniels over bad drafts—you’ll be living...