Why College Matters: A Response to "What’s the Matter With College"

September 23rd, 2007 admin

Topics: essays, generation, harvard, parents, peers, perlstein, war

I suppose I should begin by saying that I don’t go to a real college. I mean, I don’t feel like I go to a real college. I don’t take real classes. I don’t live on a real campus. I’m a music major and attend the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Peabody is an established

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