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Number of times author mentioned he went to Harvard: 4
by araneae 17y ago
Number of times author mentioned he went to Harvard: 4
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoHe also works there
- elblanco 17y agoCouldn't get a job elsewhere eh?
- hyperbovine 17y agoI find that with Harvard alumni, I usually know they went to Harvard within five minutes of meeting them. And I'm not typically doing the asking.
- miles 17y agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I
- dschobel 17y agoMy more cynical Harvard friends say that you can always spot the Harvard alumni because they learn that the polite thing to say is "I went to school in Boston".
- tokenadult 17y agoI've heard an MIT grad say the same thing.
- jacobolus 17y agoIf you say you went to Harvard, people's attitudes and interactions often immediately shift, in ways that sometimes can be overtly uncomfortable (other times the changes are subtler). The subsequent conversation often then feels less genuine: some sort of odd barrier has been erected; everything you say is filtered through "oh, so that's how Harvard students think" etc. I don't think it requires any cynicism to understand why people prefer quiet indirection, and it's really less about "being polite" and more about "trying to relate as people unfiltered by prejudice". Not sure that's quite coherent, but maybe it helps in some way?
- dschobel 17y agoIt does make sense. It is simply odd the baggage which seems to come with the Harvard name, something which you acquire at 18 and yet seems to follow you and define you more than any other institution I can think of.
- patrickgzill 17y agoYou can always tell when a person is from Harvard, but you can't tell them much.