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May 18, 2009

There was a shooting on Harvard’s campus today, which just reminds me how everything we know and believe in is fragile and often based upon shaky facts.  The Harvard bubble, as it is affectionately known, makes many of us oblivious to not only the angry, volatile people who sometimes wander through our campus, but also the pain and anger that sometimes festers in the room across the hall.  Our Ivory Tower, the pillar of rugged individualism, keeps us unaware of and out of touch with the people that walk in and out of our daily lives.  This tragic event, like all acts of violence, demonstrates to me how essential awareness, compassion, and discretion are at all times.

I hope that everyone is safe and (naively) that this will never happen again, anywhere.

(http://www.thecrimson.com/)

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3 comments

  1. hey Diana, i added a link to your blog from mine
    jose


    • Thanks Jose! I’m still not sure if I’m going to be able to come up with enough stuff to say to actually make this worthwhile, but I’m looking for hobbies now that I don’t have homework anymore, haha.


  2. Thanks for your comment. I’m mad excited to find out what it’s actually like and I’m very hopeful. I know that I’ll have a much better understanding of AF and teaching in general after this summer. I was just trying to map out what I’ve been thinking. I still have two more finals, but I’m super excited about being done. On another note: this is the most we’ve talked all semester haha and I’m looking forward to that changing soon and Brooklyn will be magnificent.



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