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...rare. But in doing so, I came to know that the work of personal goodness is richer and more real than anything that sparkles on the face of a resume, that life is more extraordinary than the automated tramp from weekend to weekend and that this self of mine is wiser and more capable than the person into whom the weary world would mold...
...investment banker!” or “I’m a Ph.D. student!” will never garner the dead-sounding “Oh,” of “I make furniture!” as a post-graduate friend of mine does, or worse yet, “I’m a writer!” Recognized institutions are required in all answers. For some, an investment banking gig might be the best way to exercise a love of numbers, and a Ph.D. the best route to running a lab before...
...There is a possibility that whenever your country or mine bombs a country, we are sowing the seeds of the next generation of terrorists,” he said...
...words and mix up tones, sounding more like a cat in heat than a native speaker. Fortunately, I know in time it will prove worthwhile. Before visiting Vietnam, the country existed as some abstract place that belonged to my mother. But now I know a part of it is mine. When my friends ask, “What are you ever going to do with that class?” I don’t second-guess my intentions. I’ll return to Vietnam and speak with those children, with the market-goers who knew my family before...
...same time, it’s all part of a history that was never mine. My life starts in the United States, with the advantages of a childhood spent in school and a house made of bricks instead of bamboo. My mother’s situation is far removed from the life I lead, and until recently I’ve let it remain this...