tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post3210049640499616633..comments2023-11-14T15:11:35.669-05:00Comments on miriam's ideas: The view from the ivory towermiriam sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-1167339110658555072011-01-18T17:30:39.916-05:002011-01-18T17:30:39.916-05:00If I was a religious person I wouldn't stop se...If I was a religious person I wouldn't stop sending thanks to god for one life-shaping event in my son's life: among 3 colleges he sent his entry essay to Columbia issued a rejection.<br />The topic of the essay was something along the lines of "Your thoughts on diversity or lack of it, based on your own encounters". My baby (no nudging on my part!) have written expansive description on our skiing trip to Mont Tremblant in Quebec - a skiing resort where among vacationeers we haven't seen one dark face. Well, there was one exception (and everyone in the restaurant were paying attention) - a family of Indian-American doctor , and that's about it. I guess Columbia didn't like my son's innocent questions - how come educated, upper middle class, liberal clientele of that resort self-segregated to include only people like themselves?<br /><br />We are so, so lucky they didn't accept him...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-14952105747721276762011-01-18T17:05:27.647-05:002011-01-18T17:05:27.647-05:00It was a shameful article. I thought it was writt...It was a shameful article. I thought it was written by one of the students, and not the brightest of them.miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-7055296784663475922011-01-18T16:19:10.033-05:002011-01-18T16:19:10.033-05:00I just have to shake my head. The world the write...I just have to shake my head. The world the writer of that article lives in is diametrically (sp?) opposed to the one I live in. Either that or our word definitions are opposite. In that case, how is it possible to communicate meaningfully? Is it possible at all?Kittenhttp://princessmommykitten.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com