A Tale of Ambitions

toombs61
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:08:24 +0000

I don’t get it. Why would any kid hitch his future to one and only one school, especially one with a 6% acceptance rate? Such a plan is a recipe for failure. And even if that kid got into Harvard, what then? Heck, I graduated from Harvard, as did two of my brothers. Nice. Sounds good. Such info may impress some folks for about one second or so. But attending Harvard sure didn’t exempt any of us from struggling to stay afloat and sweating about the future just about every day of our lives. Attending Haravrd doesn’t exempt anyone from the trials and toils of the human condition. In fact, it may make them worse because you will always fear that you never lived up to everything a Harvard man/woman should supposedly be.

Work hard. Do your best. And then love your fate, whatever it may be.