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...appears to set me apart from the rest of the Harvard Craigslist community, most of whose members advertise themselves as “masc[uline]” and “discreet.” There appears to be a large contingent of self-described “jocks??: closet-cases who feel, maybe rightfully so, that they will be ostracized should they reveal their secret to any of the other hot, sweaty, godlike boys they throw a ball around with...
...should know this, because they are the living truth behind this reality. It would be nice if every student at Harvard knew this, because it would take away some of the animosity athletes are subject to from pretentious non-athletes. Instead, however, derogatory terms like “gov-jocks?? get thrown around as if athletes were unable to fulfill the requirements of any other program; this is insulting both to government concentrators and athletes alike...
...peculiar support of decentralization on education issues can be explained by looking at the NEA’s own political station. It’s an organization that prefers to work in state capitals—while those routinely collectivized under the label “gov jocks?? at Harvard might overlook the powerhouse of the NEA in glances at national politics, it’s a good bet that you can find an NEA satellite’s office within three blocks of any state House. And on a community-by-community basis, the same school board...
...pigeon-chested, sunlight-averse hypochondriacs” would be well-served to stop defining themselves by the scores they received on a test in their adolescent days and to begin realizing that here at Harvard, they are in fact frequently outperformed by the very “jocks?? whose presence here they protest...
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