Word: extracurricularã
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...Doing Less.” Part of me wishes I had slowed down, relaxed, or taken other paths. In high school, I had dreams of playing Division I basketball. Height and talent might have been limiting factors, but so was the devotion to other pursuits—academic and extracurricular??that took time away from practicing my jump shot. They also took time away from meaningful interaction with my fellow students. I know that in June my saddest moments will be saying goodbye to the people with whom I would have liked to spend more nights hanging...
...means finding our communities: my desire to write rambling columns might seem out of context in the math department, so I gravitate toward the humanities. That’s a move that most of us make fairly early. In every aspect of our lives—academic, social, cultural, extracurricular??we try to find the places where it is least likely that people will think we’re crazy, the places where our goals and sentiments are most likely to make sense...
...then you suffer the more common minor annoyances of everyday life—you make a comment that is quickly dismissed in section as irrelevant, a close friend doesn’t say ‘hi’ on the street, or you feel passed over in an extracurricular??and the self-esteem gremlin once again rears its ugly head. Except this time, it’s harder to resist the smug dismissals and mocking glares. And before you know it, you’ve subconsciously begun to believe the little bastard...