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...example of this attitude is the reaction to grades. Most incoming freshmen get a C or a D early in the fall, and most of them are scared. They go to see their grader or their sectionman in order to find out what they have done wrong and how to do better. Exeter students also get low grades on occasion, but they are less likely to be scared than to be contemptuous of the grader who has failed to appreciate them. The reason is apparently that the Exeter student is unawed by Harvard, and really does not believe that...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: The Exeter Man: Rebel Without a Cause | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

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