Word: crewing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...because I want to impress women. Although a "Harvard Crew" jacket cannot hurt my chances with the opposite gender, I find this irrelevant. I began to impress women long before I began rowing or wearing Harvard crew paraphernalia...
...because I have an attitude or want an attitude. I am sick of bookish, insecure classmates accusing me and my teammates of arrogance for wearing crew gear, talking about crew and being friends with other crew members. I wear it because I am proud of it, talk it because I like it, and choose my friends for the same reasons everyone else does. So enough with the complaints of these thinly-disguised wanna-bes. Either join up or shut...
Many students, of course, showed up for the first day of practice to receive their "Crew '93" shirts. Some even stayed long enough to snag Harvard sweats. But most will never know crew at all. Unfortunately, that will not stop them from passing self-righteous judgment on a sport they just couldn't hack...
Instead of meeting the challenge of crew, my classmates busily build their resumes. They live for their dear student publications, involve themselves in the pretense of Harvard student government, organize themselves in self-billed nerd organizations, pass countless hours gorging their minds in Cabot Library and participate in other nice and pleasant self-improvement activities...
...refuse to apologize to my family and my friends for rowing. Nothing (almost) provides the same level of satisfaction as crew. And that...