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Harvard students, especially those of us about to graduate and enter the so-called real world, need to remember that we are where we are mostly by chance--even beyond the luck of the admissions process draw. Born to different parents in a different place, I highly doubt I would be here and I don't believe I am unique. We should be proud of ourselves for our hard work, and humble enough to realize that most of the privileges we enjoy are an accident of birth...
...Enter Emily. The roommate. You would think she was normal to look at her. Maybe "a little short for a stormtrooper." (Just kidding, Em.) She likes Star Wars. She likes The Empire Strikes Back. She likes Return of the Jedi. But the first words out of her month: "I can't believe you're going on opening day. Not only are you going to see it, you're going to see it on opening day. I have to say, I've just lost a little respect...
...Internet design, I understand the technology behind these romantic matching Web sites. I can assure you that if the seniors who created this program wanted a printout of the sexual interests of my entire class, they could have it within a minute, no matter how many passwords the users enter. I doubt any of these high-tech matchmakers has the complete self-control to not take one peek at the bustling database of desires sitting right in front of them on the Web site's server. And if they can take a peek, it's just a little cajoling from...
Personally, unless my curiosity really gets the better of me, I'm planning not to enter my picks online. Don't get me wrong. I'm coming to this party, and I'm going to tear it up on the dance floor. But I guess I prefer the eyes-met-across-the-room tradition to the whole compatibility-query-analysis-advanced-search-engine thingy anyway. Anyone who still wants me can find me at the Roxy...
...Most of my high school classmates were amazed that I was going to Harvard and that I was "just" going to be a high school history teacher. They wondered how I could live with the lack of respect most teachers receive. However, most Harvard students are perfectly willing to enter a profession that is not particularly respected by the general public; witness the number of us who become lawyers and politicians...