[25] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: LIVING WAGE SIT-IN AT HARVARD (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laura G Dean)
Thu Apr 19 11:31:02 2001
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2001 02:48:09 EDT."
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:41:57 -0400
From: Laura G Dean <lgdean@MIT.EDU>
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 02:48:09 EDT, Zhelinrentice L Scott wrote:
Claim 1:
> It does not take long for a student to send an email to a MIT's
> president, a city councilor, Mayor, congressperson, or the President
> of the US. Especially if there is an issue that needs/should be
> addressed, it can be written in a few seconds or minutes.
Claim 2:
> Never have I taken a course here at MIT that goes into business
> ethics. I have had to rely on my Christain ubringing and the
> literature that I read ON TOP of my 5-7 course class load a term to
You've read all that literature, and you've thought about it long
enough to form the opinions and reasoning that would go into an email
to a politician. This work takes more than a few minutes or seconds.
I, for one, am not spiffy enough to handle more than four classes a
term, let alone read much outside of them. I don't think I'm alone
in this.
So you're good enough to do these things, and I'm not.
I'm not afraid to admit it, and my life goes on.
Self-esteem is such a neat thing. Maybe it means I won't completely
screw up the interview I have today. "I'm not as cool as a lot of
other people, but that doesn't mean I'm useless." What a concept. :)
(Sorry, that last part was off-topic, so I'll bring it back: I think
it's part of what MIT would ideally have us learn, but often doesn't.)
Laura
