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What's all the more striking about those thousand freshmen razzing the tray-dropper is that nobody ever told them to. Nobody ever sat down and said at a proctor group's meeting, "If you see someone trip and send their lunch flying all over the Union and get embarrassed, you should give them sarcastic applause so you can make them feel even more stupid." It was as if the whole thing happened by instinct, as if people who end up at Harvard have a second sense about trashing each other...
...been nimble enough that I haven't dropped my tray in the Union or even the Lowell House dining hall demolition derby. But I've learned the lesson of not taking anything too seriously in other ways--none of which is necessarily exclusive to Harvard, but which I think is still worth talking about...
...even more important, I learned what to do when Harvard gives me crap, as it has for four years. So the next time I drop my metaphorical tray in the great Union Dining Hall that is life, at least I won't let myself feel like a tool...
...when you drop your tray and I start whistling and cheering, don't feel...
Searching the Union for an empty seat and a familiar face, I spotted Chris, an entrymate, chatting with someone I didn't recognize. Setting my tray down, I said hello to Chris, and joined their conversation. John was a stranger to Chris, too. He had just sat down, out-going and chatty. John discovered our entryway connection, and continued the conversation with the friendly interrogation of a Freshman Week encounter...