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...remembers one particular night during herfirst year, before a major chemistry exam, as aturning point in her life...
Harvard students are programmed to think a certain way based on the kind of schedule we are given. There is a semester of classes. There is a two-week Winter Break. There are two weeks of reading period. Then there is exam period and down-time between exams. Our minds and bodies react to this type of schedule logically...
...that big economics test when it's vital to cram that semester's worth of work into 24 hours. And, with only 24 hours left, there's no room to waste time watching lecture videos, or reading The Principles of Economics. No, it's straight to last year's exam...this time with the answers already filled in by the one kid in section who everybody tooled on all year. At this point, the countless cups of coffee and pizza aren't helping. And now comes the crucial realization...
...problem may be one of discipline student responsibility, but Harvard's structuring of reading and exam periods doesn't help the situation any. Most Harvard students would love to be done with their exams before break, so they can go to Mexico and worry about how to fit the paperback version of The Firm into their suitcase, instead of a 1000-page book with graphs of supply and demand...
...have an exam this morning, put this down. This stuff's too frivolous for a time like this...