Word: pianos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BEGAN when the mother of a friend of Mia Chung's called Mia's mother to tell her about how Mia was constantly playing her piano. Perhaps trying to get rid of the noisy kid, the friend's mother suggested that Mrs. Chung...
...remember waiting on the curve of the street for the moving van with the piano for eight hours. I sat outside until the sun went down...It was the greatest gift...
...arrived at Weld 31, having been convinced that Harvard would be the place for me: Try the East Coast, Come to meet the people, You can study piano privately, Boston is a real city, Harvard has everything. I came, to do somethingdifferent. In our rooming group of four, I was theWest Coast representative, one of two musicians,oblivious to things Jewish, and quiet. I began todiscover the yellow of my skin along with everyoneelse...
Through freshman year, I traveled every Mondayafternoon to take piano lessons. I was kicked offof the Union's Parlors for this and thatrehearsal, dutifully left the music building at4:45 on Fridays, and arrived at Paine Hall onSundays at 12:30 to ensure myself a piano at 1:00.And all the while, I comped Crimson Business...
...reality, only the writing of this articlehas forced me to think about the HarvardExperience. Piano lessons stopped after freshmanyear, my addiction to the Crimson and work inChinatown grew, and next year I'll head to WallStreet, again for something different from myself.My story is typical in its self-discovery, ups,downs, and tribute to father Harvard. In words,most can make complex assessments of what the "it"is. Watered down, this experience differs littlefrom life itself. The admissions office's duty isto gather approximately 1500 accomplished youngpeople to form each of Harvard's classes. Nomatter how deliberately we were selected...