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This is the second "My First Year" piece that I have endeavored to complete. A year ago at this time, as a 20 year-old rising junior, I composed an essay concerning the somewhat popular notion that when one comes to Harvard, he or she becomes a small fish in a big pond, as opposed to high school, when the situation was more akin to the individual existing as a big fish in a small pond...
Thus, I return to the thesis of my essay. My second request to you: Keep things in perspective. Maintain. Take a chill pill, Will. Don't get out of whack, Jack. It's all good, Wood. Despite these episodes of trauma, I think probably the best thing to do your first year is not to freak out. Take everything with a grain of salt, and don't be afraid to hear yourself muttering the words, "It's not that big of a deal. I'm 18, and I've got plenty of time left." Believe me, as a senior, just...
...Hilles Library (you'll trek there soon enough, my friend). She "lost" one of my assignments, a political cartoon we had to draw, and later "found" it all crumpled up at the bottom of her briefcase. She said I did not know how to write a midterm essay...
Then there were the bigger-than-life moments in dealing with writers who are legends in the making. Harold Bloom, fresh from his widely praised rumination on Shakespeare, lent us his magisterial tone for the essay on Billy Graham--a subject Bloom is familiar with from his close study of American religion. He was hardly the distant don, with his infectiously warm phone manner, addressing everyone as "my dear" while dropping invitations...
...opening essay was written by Nancy Gibbs, whose cover story on Columbine a month ago was so moving it almost made me cry. The Conyers shooting was covered by Atlanta bureau chief Sylvester Monroe, Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett and reporters Tim Roche and David Nordan. The story was written by John Cloud, who did an amazing piece last July about what the various school shooters up to that point had in common. Our story on spotting troubled kids was written by assistant managing editor Howard Chua-Eoan, who usually edits our big news stories but occasionally feels compelled...