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They didn’t get straight A’s because they couldn’t be bothered to give everything in every class. They concentrated on the ones that meant the most to them or o
by Spyckie 18y ago
They didn’t get straight A’s because they couldn’t be bothered to give everything in every class. They concentrated on the ones that meant the most to them or on a single strong extracurricular passion or on projects that had nothing to do with school or even with looking good on a college application. Maybe they just sat in their room, reading a lot and writing in their journal. These are the kinds of kids who are likely, once they get to college, to be more interested in the human spirit than in school spirit, and to think about leaving college bearing questions, not resumés.
Anyone else feel like they're in this boat?
- albertcardona 18y agoNearly by definition a hacker is someone who doesn't aspire to live in compliance. What strikes me is how much the Ivy League issue bothers HN readers, measured by comment number and intensity. As if there was something unsaid in the lives of each of us, something profoundly disturbing.
- krschultz 18y agoProbably most of the people here, we're the people who are actually interested in learning and doing not getting affirmation (a degree) of our worth. I am going to college, but to actually learn something and not for a piece of paper. Interestingly I have heard from my friends at Harvard & Columbia that they are disappointed with the kids there, i.e. no one is actually an intellectual and everyone just seems to be legacy.