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...contingents that drew the loudest cheer to my delight was Google, which is where I am interning this summer. The Gayglers—gay Google employees—marched with Google-themed balloons tied around their waists or rode atop our six-person conference bicycles. Waves of adoration flowed forth from crowds, as well as screams of “Search me!” and “I’m feeling lucky...
...this is a life of crime, I’ll take it. Evanovich wasn’t on my list when I left for the summer, but she might be the best decision I’ve made...
...people are approached with a familiarity that occasionally borders on disrespect, it’s refreshing when I see students at the academy where I teach SAT classes bow deferentially to the school’s director. However, this reverence for elders can sometimes go over the top: My summer roommate Peter, a Brown student and Korean citizen, is required to use the honorific form of Korean when he speaks to Vince, a staff member at the academy who is only a year older than...
...Anointed One has the same influence that Confucius does over people’s daily lives. The man of many proverbs has his hand in it all, from the relentless work ethic that keeps my students in school until 10 p.m. five days a week during the summer, to the drinking culture in which the younger generation must be constantly ready with a refill should an elder finish his beverage, to, unfortunately, a diminished but still prevalent tradition of sexism and intolerance of “unconventional” lifestyles...
...YORK — Like many of my classmates, this is my first summer as an intern in New York City. And in the three and a half weeks I've been here, I've come across a few interesting characters. Here are a handful...