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...situations they encounter along the way is problematic. Ritt's direction is plodding when it is not obvious. It lacks the romantic lift that this film needs. Luckily, Field has the spunk and sass to redeem Back Roads just as she did Ritt's Norma Rae two years ago. He should never leave home without...
...great deal of discontent at Wellesley stems from the total lack of men--a problem compounded by the fact that Wellesley is very secluded and separate from all other colleges. "I felt like I had entered a nunnery or a nerd-shell when I came here," says sophomore Heather Rae. "There are a lot of girls here who just don't want to deal with men--who just want to shut the door on the male aspect of their lives...
...like the initially attractive isolation of the campus, the intensity of the academics can make people very unhappy. "Learning is reduced to a petty competitiveness here--everyone feels like they have to put in more hours at the library, or score better on tests than the girls next door," Rae says...
While a lot of women point to the education they are receiving as the primary reason they came to Wellesley, some feel that this posture is only a mask for discontent over not being admitted to first-and second-choice schools. Rae, an Exeter graduate, says that Wellesley is seen as a second-rate school at her alma mater. "People only come to Wellesley because they didn't get into the Ivies," she explains...
...notion that Wellesley women are just out for a husband, the resounding response from the students is that careers and well-paying jobs come first these days. "Sure your parents joke about you meeting the Harvard doctor, but not that many people are here to get married anymore," Rae says. "The women are very career-oriented now--priorities have definitely changed...