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...harder tasks than to reflect on college and be original. It would be a miracle for me to discuss the profound moments of college and to give gratitude to the people who have been so important to me, all without coming off as at least a little trite. Furthermore, I am resisting the male urge of using favorite scenes and lines from classic college movies (Animal House, Road Trip, etc.) to take the place of meaningful reflection. Suffice it to say that I owe any remaining sanity to my roommates, any decent grades to my parents and high school teachers...
Again, I cannot escape the trite prose. I need to explain what it means to look at ourselves and the world with “different eyes.” Examples are in order. Two classes—Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler’s Literature & Arts A-22, “Poems, Poets, Poetry” and Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher’s English 165, “Joyce, Modernism, and Aestheticism” —transformed my relationship with literature. One of my fondest memories will be sitting...
...done much valuable research. His book, however, is far from satisfying. In tone it alternates between a voice so low key as to verge on dull and a stuffy attempt to make the book appear more scholarly than it is. Hemley's humor is always just off target, or trite, or both. "To paraphrase Groucho Marx, we don't want to be members of a human race that would have us as members"; it almost makes sense, but for that, no cigar...
...process continues. We look forward to having our days and weeks in court,” Denner said. “[That’s] pretty trite, but accurate...
...want to get a tan.” Some people said they want to be able to drink, but a lot of people just want to get away from everything. But on the whole I think people tended to shy away from the Cancun-style break because it seems trite or it’s been done. On the other hand, I think that huge parties can be incredibly...