nrf wrote:
>
> ""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in
> message
> news:200407291842.i6TIgtvD029572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > "Chuck Whose Road is Ever Shorte wrote:
> > >
> > > Degree? In what? For what purpose?
> > >
> > > Certification? Wonderful! May it take you as far as you
> want to
> > > go and more.
> > >
> > > As the song goes:
> > >
> > > If it makes you happy
> > > It can't be that bad
> > > If it makes you happy
> > > Then why the hell are you so sad
> > >
> > > Do what makes you happy. Do what helps you attain your goals
> > > for yourself
> > > and your life.
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>
> Another case in point. I know plenty of alums from MIT who
> enjoy being from
> MIT, but did not enjoy actually being at MIT. In fact very few
> students
> actually enjoy being at MIT.
My husband loved MIT. Got a 4.0 grade point average too. Even stayed for his
masters. But he's a major nerd. :-)
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>
> Yet lest you think that the place is nothing but a house of
> horrors, keep in
> mind that the school has one of the tightest-knit and most
> loyal alumni, if
> not the tightest-knit and most loyal alumni, of any school in
> the world.
Absolutely terrific reunions. I never had so much fun in my life. My reunion
was all about, "so which medical or legal speciality did you end up going
into?" Alan's was about learning (yes, lots of seminars), music, dancing,
and eating international delicacies in beautiful Cambridge, MA with other
eggheads. I loved it. :-)
Priscilla
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