Word: tediousness
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...encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D's. Consider C- a failure.) Why? Not became they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks to read this week, and all I ask, really, is that you keep me awake. Is that so much...
...mention Jackie, the receptionist at the Trademark Hotline. I spent days checking things that authors had mentioned merely as asides: the price of glow-in-the-dark dots on highways ($3.50 each) and whether Buffalo, New York is named after the animal (no). The task was a tedious one but I actually found it somewhat entertaining. A former co-captain of my high school's quiz bowl team, I discovered that it appealed to my inner nerd. But beyond that, I sensed that under the layer of minutiae I had an immense responsibility. I felt a tremendous power in ensuring...
...moral? Well, for starters: What in the world are we doing here? Why are we spending our time on tedious five-day chemistry experiments and why do they matter? Are we being evaluated on what is important? What does it all mean...
...this probably seems to be common sense. I am sure these are lessons that many of you learned long before you were seniors. But this time of year, my epiphany might serve to help you get through that tedious lab or that long final paper. So before you drop that flask and curse your TF, remember that we are here for the process, not for the product. The rest will take care of itself...
Character has lost its attraction as an issue now that it no longer means sex. Once the press and the candidates realized that harping on sexual indiscretions ran the risk of Mutual Assured Destruction, the character issue was reduced to the impossible--and tedious--task of weighing one man's soul against another's. There was a brief respite provided by Dick Morris, whose idea of triangulating involved toes. But otherwise, nothing. Sex may finally be out until someone can show a connection between a model sex life--Nixon, Carter--and a successful presidency...