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> Other students were off to Hawaii for vacation.

> Other students were off to Hawaii for vacation. Me, I had to bum a place to stay over breaks when the dorms were closed. So true. Having attended a few colleges in California, I got tired of everyone else going to their parent's cabin over break in Tahoe, Mammoth, or Big Bear. And the dorms would close for a week or two, so I couldn't concentrate fully on my finals while I worried about where I'd stay and not have to sleep a few nights in a park. > never used any tutors or talked to a professor I had a hard time talking to my professor, and I noticed others from blue-color backgrounds have difficulty as well. Upper middle-class kids never seemed to have a problem talking to their professors, which seemed to give them a significant advantage.

Posted by re_todd on Apr 23, 2015, 4:36 AM

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> Other students were off to Hawaii for vacation.

re_toddApr 23, 2015, 4:36 AM

> Other students were off to Hawaii for vacation. Me, I had to bum a place to stay over breaks when the dorms were closed. So true. Having attended a few colleges in California, I got tired of everyone else going to their parent's cabin over break in Tahoe, Mammoth, or Big Bear. And the dorms would close for a week or two, so I couldn't concentrate fully on my finals while I worried about where I'd stay and not have to sleep a few nights in a park. > never used any tutors or talked to a professor I had a hard time talking to my professor, and I noticed others from blue-color backgrounds have difficulty as well. Upper middle-class kids never seemed to have a problem talking to their professors, which seemed to give them a significant advantage.

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