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Yesterday morning, I was summoned from the depths of post-Senior Bar slumber by the earsplitting ring of the red phone in my common room and a persistent knocking at the door. Waiting for me there, in a full coach’s uniform of sweats and sneakers, was my House intramural representative. I was in pajamas, possibly still intoxicated, and late for crew practice...
With the encouragement of some still in positions of military leadership, I offer a challenge to those still in uniform: a leader's responsibility is to give voice to those who can't--or don't have the opportunity to--speak. Enlisted members of the armed forces swear their oath to those appointed over them; an officer swears an oath not to a person but to the Constitution. The distinction is important...
...with few exceptions, acted timidly when their voices urgently needed to be heard. When they knew the plan was flawed, saw intelligence distorted to justify a rationale for war, or witnessed arrogant micromanagement that at times crippled the military's effectiveness, many leaders who wore the uniform chose inaction. A few of the most senior officers actually supported the logic for war. Others were simply intimidated, while still others must have believed that the principle of obedience does not allow for respectful dissent. The consequence of the military's quiescence was that a fundamentally flawed plan was executed...
...cases like Susan's, American public education may be a victim of its own ambition. Rallying around the notion that every child should be prepared for higher education, schools follow a general-education model that marches students through an increasingly uniform curriculum, with admission to college as the goal. But what happens when a 17-year-old decides, rightly or wrongly, that her road in life doesn't pass through college? Then the college-prep exercise becomes a charade. At Shelbyville High School, as elsewhere, the general-education model became an all-or-nothing game that left far too many...
...able to view the specimens in their natural coating.In general, the women and men of Amherst seem to dress somewhat alike. They revel in jeans, t-shirts with political messages, and sweatshirts with the names of other colleges besides Amherst on them.The men sometimes change up this uniform by wearing knit hats with earflaps, in order to guard them from the cold. People sported all varieties of clogs, sandals and fleece vests.I took out my bag of chocolate-covered espresso beans and popped them into my mouth, while playing “I Spy a Patagonia Jacket...