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While I can understand some of the reasons why so many choose to work in these highly-paid fields, I often wish that talented and creative Harvard students were more inclined to strike out in less-traveled directions. Thus I was happy when I began to read Jal Mehta's exhortation to his peers to consider using their intellects for the public good (Opinion, Oct. 16); it would be great to see more Harvard students continue their public service work after graduation...
...However, Mehta describes a rather stark, either-or choice for graduating seniors: Make lots of money selling your soul to the devils of high finance or make no money while making the world a better place. He neglects to remind his readers that there is a third, albeit relatively unpublicized, possibility: Put your mind and skills to work in a field that will pay you reasonably, tap your creativity and expose you to worlds you haven't yet encountered. Some of these are for-profit, some could be called non-profit, but all have the potential to provide rewarding careers...
Also, I must protest Mehta's gratuitous slap at the students of two of Harvard's graduate schools. While both the Kennedy School of Government and the Graduate School of Education have their share of "bleeding-heart liberals" (full disclosure: I'm proud to be a graduate of the Ed School), the vast majority of those graduate students are accomplished scholars and professionals from all over the United States and the world, with intellectual attainment that can stand up to any Harvard undergraduate...
...Mehta '99, an executive editor of The Crimson, is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House...
...Orioles organization. He may not play every day. But maybe, just maybe, he could get a clutch hit here and there, and maybe, just maybe, the O's could return to the World Series, a place they haven't been since Cal's streak passed 300. --JAL D. MEHTA...