Word: life
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...parents seemed to think that this piece of 16th century logic, combined with a bit of Texas grit and determination, would make my switch from life as an only child in Dallas to life with at least four roommates in the Northeast an easy...
...knew I would get a lot of flack from relatives when I decided to go to school in the Northeast, but what I didn't anticipate was pressure from friends and other first-year students to conform to the Eastern way of life. My grandmother, you see, still wages the War of Northern Aggression (Civil War, if you weren't sure), and she couldn't stand the fact that I might go to the H-school and become or worse yet, date, a "blue-bellied Yankee." (Heaven forbid.) No one was really standing around giving me lessons...
Once I realized that making decisions and acting on them early is the key of being true to myself and averting trauma in my life, I realized that getting away from Harvard was a great way to calm down and search my sentiments. Although I generally thrive on the activity of the Square and Harvard Yard, sometimes the area can be downright overwhelming with its street musicians, dancing bears and frantic pedestrians. A long run along the banks of the Charles River or just a ride on the subway and a walk through downtown Boston has, more often than...
...other hand, at least he was taking an interest in my life, and he seemed to be the only person at Harvard who was doing so. We started talking, first about superficial things, and then about anything of interest or importance. By January, we spent all our time together...
...became particularly close in March, when Ispent a week helping him finish his thesis. It wasexhausting and often frustrating, but in the endthe experience helped me decide to become a SocialStudies major and write a thesis of my own. Andbeing involved so closely in the life of a seniorwas exactly what a blase first-year student likemyself was seeking...