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...soon as the cook is seated, the room erupts into applause. "People here love to clap," laughs Rebecca Reider '00, as the evening's master chef is lauded. The food is delicious, but few ever miss the opportunity for fresh bread. During the meal, people trail into the kitchen to cut off a chunk from one of the six loaves lying on the counter, fresh from the oven--a long way from the Wonderbread in Harvard's dining halls...
...only one of the many reasons why Harvard students choose the Co-op over sanctioned housing. The work itself drew Dan B. Visel '00, who felt thoroughly uncomfortable having strangers cook for him and clean his bathrooms--"it was like having servants and I wasn't into that mentality." Reider, who moved to the Co-op this autumn, wasn't into that mentality either. She describes house life as "living in this box next to many other people in boxes and eating processed food." She says she came to the Co-op because she "just got tired of institutional living...
...Most residents agree that they live in the Co-op to escape Harvard at the end of the day. "[Harvard] feels like a day job," explains Reider. A former Quincy resident, Weller complains about the pervasiveness of Harvard in the square. "Here, you're in the real world. You walk by an elementary school at recess and little kids bump into your knees." One student, who recently returned to Harvard after taking 9 years off, explains that the reason he chose to live in the Co-op was because of his cats. Unlike any other Harvard house, the house...
...plans to compete with the upstart's full-scale service. This approach, which costs $300 to $5,000, is expected to become almost as common as braces. But it's a development many in education view as hysterical and unnecessary. "Getting into college is not rocket science," says Jon Reider, an associate admissions director at Stanford. "This is crazy...
Still, private involvement in public education raises questions about whether the schools are relinquishing their basic function. While public school guidance counselors have to be certified and hold specific degrees, there are no guidelines for outside professionals. And, asks Stanford's Reider, "shouldn't DeFuniak's English department be doing reading and writing skills...