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...spectrum of students ranging from budding Harvard physicists to comedian Stephen Colbert.CHILD’S PLAYGreene’s enthusiasm for mathematics began early. The physicist said that by the seventh grade, he had “maxed out” on the coursework his school had to offer. Greene’s teacher sent him knocking on doors at Columbia in search of a professor willing to teach him.“[The note] basically said, ‘Help this kid learn some stuff, he’s beyond what...
...recognizing an objective standard—such as the “Veritas” ironically still emblazoned upon the University arms—the sagest counsel that Harvard can permit itself to offer its wards is: do what makes you feel good. “Meaning” in life cannot arise from anywhere but from within, from “being true to yourself,” i.e., to whichever prejudices you acquired before you arrived at Harvard or those you have absorbed in the four years since...
...spent nearly four years in a newsroom without direct sunlight, worked summers at a newspaper and a magazine, done all the right things, I thought, to lead me to this moment. Someone would call, offer me a job, and I would be on my way. But when the call came, I was being told, quite simply, that there was no way. I suppose being handed your obituary is difficult at any age. It turns out twenty-three is no exception...
What to do when you graduate into a world that seems completely different from the one you prepared for? It was good to have a few members of the Adams family near by; at least Henry could offer comfort. The Harvard historian’s generation slouched into the twentieth century with the same bewilderment with which we face ours, also feeling trained for an era that looked nothing like...
...these support services that offer disabled persons a window into lives of normalcy are cut back, so too will be the chance for that person to be able to live at home, an ultimate goal for most of these families. Those people who fail to successfully integrate into society always have the option of government housing centers, but this is ultimately far more expensive for the state than the little money it takes for a trip to a state fair or an ice cream social. From a strictly numerical standpoint, the difference between these options and this cutting is egregious...