Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...small dining room near Central Square, trying to come up with another sentence for her homework assignment. The nine-year old whined to her mother, Lowell House's principal dining hall card checker, "I don't know what to do!" Vicky calmly urged her to finish her work. "Just think about what it would feel like, and write something," she said. She spoke to her daughter with the same blunt tone she uses with dawdling diners at Lowell, directing them to "please put away their trays...
...this year, she has worked every Sunday, (supposedly her day off) in the Lowell dining hall. On one Sunday morning, she sat watching the long line at the waffle machine and sulked, saying, "I'm tired. Every Sunday I've worked this year. The boss asks me, 'Do you think you can do it?,' and I say sure. I can't say no very well." The frenetic nature of the dining hall this year has also tired her out. "It's busy this year. We're busier, big time. You know that there's no interhouse in Adams? Well, every...
...even think about trying to sneak in a non-Harvard guest while she's on duty. She is tougher than Annenberg. "I always look at the pictures," Vicky said, "It's a habit. The IDs are not transferable. A couple of years ago, someone lost an ID and stole from the rooms, you know?" The most common way students try to enter illicitly, Vicky said, is through the side door from the small dining room. She glances over to this door, as she checks each ID photo. "Just the other day, some girl gave me an ID card that...
...board was a grid with everyone's name on it, crossed with each meal. Every five days we switched sides of the board. When someone showed up for a meal, I crossed their name off the grid. That way, I had to learn everyone's name and face. I think it was easier before. It was faster. It sounds weird, but it's the truth...
...time with her and spend much less time at other things. I clean the house, cook a little, help her with homework." Vicky said, "I tell my daughter, if you study enough, you can go to Harvard. Harvard and MIT are the biggest schools all over, and in Europe." Thinking about her daughter made her think about her future plans. "When I get 25 years, I think I'd like to go part-time. She's going to be in high school, or college. But if I worked part-time, say 8 hrs a day, 4 days a week...