Word: excellance
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...nitpicking by the opposition. If we have not done all the research, we are afrai d to take a strong position. Yet many of us continue to postpone the background reading on important current issues; music rehearsals, tutoring commitments, lab work, and midterms always take precedence. We want to excel at eve rything. Many of us who are not experts on politics don’t have time to become experts, and eventually give up on taking a stand altogether...
...survivors in each field, however, discovered ways to compete. Almost all provide superior service. Their sales staffs know their products and customers well and stock what the locals want. They emphasize convenience and make things easy to find. Some choose specialties in which they can excel, whether it's children's books or saltwater fish. And many now employ more sophisticated pricing strategies...
...Ultimately, we row for the same essential reasons that the choristers sign and the model congress debates: we enjoy the challenge, the discipline, the camaraderie and, above all else, the chance to lead and excel,” the letter read...
That said, Harvard rightly goes out of its way to choose students whom it knows will not waste the wonderful resources at their disposal here. Lewis himself is keen to stress the positive effects of competitiveness, which he says “drives excellence.” But excellence and the need to excel are far from the same thing. Grasping this fundamental dichotomy would rectify any number of problems at Harvard, ranging from rampant grade inflation to the stagnant social scene...
...quest for excellence and the compulsive need to excel are entirely different. Perhaps the ability of the less compulsively driven students to understand this is why the old adage holds true: After a few years here, regardless of the number of mornings spent postering, afternoons spent harmonising or evenings spent reviewing, we’ll all be Harvard graduates. And worthy ones at that...