January 12, 2012
How the Ubermensch Got Into Harvard
It’s easy to feel bad when life kicks you in the shins. It’s easy to think it’s all your fault that your days are dark, cold, lonely, crummy and plagued with tedium. It’s also just as easy to think that on lovely days when everything is right with your world, that you somehow earned your comfort and prestige and that cool refreshing drink you’re sipping on your sun-dappled veranda.
But both outlooks are wrong. Chance plays a huge part in everything from who our parents are to how many zeros are printed on our pay stubs. No matter what, it’s never entirely your fault—or anyone else’s.
(c) Jessica Hagy, 2012
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Does this imply that only legacy students or children with trust funds get into Harvard? How ridiculous!
Comment by Robert — January 12, 2012 @ 5:19 pm
No, Robert — the claim that defenders of meritocracy are to be found in the intersection of the set of legacy admits and the set of trust fund kids does not imply that members of that intersection are the exclusive admitted students to Harvard. Thanks for opining, though.
Comment by Robert's Brain — January 28, 2012 @ 5:36 pm