tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post5033466536847227045..comments2023-10-31T03:35:59.876-07:00Comments on once i wanted to be the greatest: Why I hate the Ivy Leagues, #247ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12371313291486703652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-48435145639237600242007-01-08T17:06:00.000-08:002007-01-08T17:06:00.000-08:00in case it was not clear, i made the above comment...in case it was not clear, i made the above comments as someone who did go to a non-ivy leage college at the regular age, and as someone who was also stupid and pretiontious while i was there and for some time afterwards. i did take the Gravity's Rainbow class, though i did not advocate for more Joyce classes.<br /><br />bryanbhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900492354634053246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12243869.post-62557336601051587212007-01-08T16:31:00.000-08:002007-01-08T16:31:00.000-08:00i'm not defending the ivy leagues but i don't thin...i'm not defending the ivy leagues but i don't think their college kids are any more likely to be "stupid and prententious" than anyone else's; to wit, at my college there was an entire class devoted to the reading of a single book ("Gravity's Ranbow"), as well as a small movement to have more classes on the novels of James Joyce (i would have much preferred naked parties). <br />Also, how many college-aged people have you (including yourself and friends) ever heard refer to the evils and ills of "society" that only they truly recognize and can solve? I'm sure that, even though you may be too old and too well-socialized outside of the college to realize it, your classmates sound at least as foolish as these ivy leaguers.<br /><br />bryanbhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900492354634053246noreply@blogger.com