Tag Archive: college

Jul 04

Thin and beautiful

I’ve been going through old photos over the last couple of weeks and I’ve found some interesting surprises and wonderful memories.  The one that I just can’t get out of my head is this one:

It was my first (and possibly last) semi-formal in college – freshman year at Brandeis University they have a dance …

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Apr 26

The miracle of the financial aid officer

Today I had a startling revelation.  A sit-myself-down-and-rethink-my-life kind of revelation.  The kind of awakening that really can cause a major shift in how I think about my life and move in my world.

When I was a kid, my dad made it clear that the most important thing in the world was a college …

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Apr 13

A Brandeis miracle

A lot of people talk about college as “the best four years of your life”.  I’ve been known on occasion to wax poetic about my college experience.  And it was great – there is no doubt that I was in the right place at the right time and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. …

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