http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/ all the exciting parts, none of the heavy debt burden Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-565 Sam Jackson Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:59:43 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-565 Well, I defer to your knowledge--I was just trying to be as clear as possible. Enjoying the wifi? Well, I defer to your knowledge–I was just trying to be as clear as possible. Enjoying the wifi?

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-563 j Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:08:02 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-563 p.s. Penn - not UPenn is the preferred nickname of the University of Pennsylvania :) p.s. Penn - not UPenn is the preferred nickname of the University of Pennsylvania

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-562 j Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:06:43 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-562 She turned out to be cool when I happened to work with her over the summer... two years after I first "knew about her." I guess the point, if there is one, is that meeting friends traditionally will always work out better (and have less awkwardness) than trying to meet up with people you've interacted with online. She turned out to be cool when I happened to work with her over the summer… two years after I first “knew about her.” I guess the point, if there is one, is that meeting friends traditionally will always work out better (and have less awkwardness) than trying to meet up with people you’ve interacted with online.

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-558 K Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:03:03 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-558 I realize I am not actually really "meeting" people or "talking" to them. They aren't already my lifelong friends. Maybe some of them are people I will never meet. But the simple fact that suddenly I know that there are people out there who want to know me because they share my love of the weird and archaic...well, after four years at a highschool I can't wait to leave it is a good thing to know. And I really believe that some of these people will become real friends who I will make an effort to find before it is awkward when we meet years in the future. So yeah, the internet isn't totally real. But I'm still excited. I realize I am not actually really “meeting” people or “talking” to them. They aren’t already my lifelong friends. Maybe some of them are people I will never meet. But the simple fact that suddenly I know that there are people out there who want to know me because they share my love of the weird and archaic…well, after four years at a highschool I can’t wait to leave it is a good thing to know. And I really believe that some of these people will become real friends who I will make an effort to find before it is awkward when we meet years in the future. So yeah, the internet isn’t totally real. But I’m still excited.

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-555 Sam Jackson Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:07:19 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-555 J, who writes to us from a UPenn IP address :) -- I said as much on the discussion board. It'll be logistically nightmarish enough when it comes time after RD to integrate the 1000 other kids into our community even before we ever (never) meet them. J, who writes to us from a UPenn IP address — I said as much on the discussion board. It’ll be logistically nightmarish enough when it comes time after RD to integrate the 1000 other kids into our community even before we ever (never) meet them.

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-554 j Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:57:17 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/12/19/yalies-the-happiest-most-interesting-people-in-the-world/#comment-554 It'll probably be weird when you actually get to Yale. I made a friend two years after I went to school but I knew her because she added me, like hundreds of others, on facebook in the summer before freshman year. She eventually removed most of her so-called "friends" but she said it made things awkward when she met people she already vaguely knew through facebook. It’ll probably be weird when you actually get to Yale. I made a friend two years after I went to school but I knew her because she added me, like hundreds of others, on facebook in the summer before freshman year. She eventually removed most of her so-called “friends” but she said it made things awkward when she met people she already vaguely knew through facebook.

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