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...Hello," I said. "I'm film star Corey Holiday...
After the game, these girls simply mobbed the Crimson in hopes of getting an autograph or a chance to say hello. Just ask Allison Feaster, who was swarmed by more than one hundred little faces eager to meet the young lady who they had just seen score 28 points...
...know what I'm talking about, unless, of course, you are one of those in need. Home training (also known as common courtesy, respectability, manners and decency) is that basic, minimal level of civility upon which most constructive human interaction is based. Home training teaches us to say hello to people who greet us, not to yell in church or pick our noses in public or let the door slam behind us in someone's face. But may be these concepts are too trivial for the Harvard student who is busy becoming a future leader. After all, company executives, mayors...
Call me old-fashioned, but I think if someone says "hi" to you, some form of response is required. Instead, it seems that in Harvard language, "hello" is translated as "avert your eyes as quickly as possible and pretend you can't hear...
...little world which we can shape in any way we choose. I implore you: Don't contribute to the debasement of values. Pick your noses at home. Hold that door. And in the name of John Harvard, smile at people who say "hi" and say hello right back at them...