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...cannot fit into summer storage. Birthday and holiday cards and presents to home have to be prepared and mailed out at least a week in advance. These and other inconveniences of living far away from home will train you to grumble at your friends from New York who complain of homesickness...
...first day, of course, I get lost at some point during the hour-long commute (in buses that are not air conditioned). Despite leaving a half hour early, I arrive 30 minutes late and sweaty. Huffing up the stairs I promise never to complain about the Leverett-Science Center walk again. I find my supervisor who obligingly shows me to everyone who works at the office. I learn zero names. After touring the various rooms she shows me "my computer." Visions of e-mail dance through my head. I start to hope. Two minutes after I sit down, she sends...
After all, who am I to complain? So what if my summer won't earn me a sidebar in the Internship Bible? If I wanted to impress random strangers and resume readers I would have stayed in New York. As it is, I have two months of low stress life ahead of me. Hey, if my job gets too boring, they ain't paying me; I can quit...
...people live back here in the secluded, re-landscaped courtyard. Lionel and Mower suites have large common rooms with beautiful wood floors, and most residents live in singles for part of the year. Some residents of these intimate dorms say the close-knit experience is nurturing and caring. Others complain that the family atmosphere can grow a bit too suffocating...
...humorous kid who "made class fun." More was also the assistant basketball coach. O'Neal was already too big for the other players to handle in practice, so More had to be his practice partner. "I used to foul him an awful lot--he used to complain about it," says More. "I would say, 'Hey, that's what they're going to do to you in game situations.'" O'Neal's team won the state championship his senior year, and he went on to a collegiate career at Louisiana State University before leaving for the pros after his junior year...