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Part of the problem with this explanation is that it takes aim at the wrong sort of boredom and ambition. The results of the poll make the college first-year into an existential reincarnation of the company man. He is committed to working for a good living, but he is bored with life, refusing to study its ins and outs...
...first-years are ambitious not at the expense of a philosophy of life, but because they have settled on a philosophy of life before they arrived at college. They are committed to making a good living because they are invested in their futures and their future families. As the poll taken by the Harvard Independent last spring indicates, even the majority of high minded Harvard students are stuck on the goal of providing for a comfortable suburban family lifestyle...
...college students of the 60s, managed to communicate these values to them. The particular boredom and family-oriented ambition of today's college students is a quieter and more relaxed version of 60s discontent with book-learning. It would be a mistake to interpret the results of the poll as a crass materialism or existential boredom. Who can blame college first-years for knowing what they want out of life...
FORTUNE Online Poll: Microsoft Products Microsoft Practices
Judge Slams Microsoft Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson is not amused. He severely scolded Microsoft for its attempt to portray special master Lawrence Lessig as biased and have him thrown off the case. The Hearing Blow-by-Blow TIME: Target: Microsoft FORTUNE Online Poll: Microsoft Products and Practices