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E-PrinceAs a senior, I had been expecting my first email about Annual Giving for some time — I just didn’t expect it to frustrate me so much. As I replied to the classmate who had politely asked me for just ...(back to the article)
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The past two summers, I've found internships because of former Princeton grads. These internships didn't exist for the taking, they were there because a Princeton grad worked to create a position for a current Princeton student. Sure, I know I'll never be giving the University millions, but I'll work hard to make sure I can give back somehow, because Princeton gave me more than an education, it gave me a network. So yeah, I agree that you shouldn't be guilted into giving the U $5 or $10, but in ten or twenty years maybe you should consider taking a Princeton kid under your wing, the same way alums did for you. Because Princeton is really more than an education, it's an experience that goes well beyond your 4 years here.
For someone that is supposedly so intelligent, you are really selfish and immature, Emily. I bet that if Princeton were the intellectual utopia that you would like it to be (since you can't adapt to a normal social life here), you wouldn't be so against Annual Giving. I'm really disappointed that you are representing our school as a Marshall Scholar. Grades and recommendations from professors don't say it all, I suppose.
"You don’t have to pay the University back — that’s the point. Instead, you can transform that money into intellectual and personal growth: books read, ideas had, independent work written, character built, friendships, mentorships and other interpersonal connections made. You can realize your individual capability for human flourishing and use your education to do good in a way that’s best for you."
Best for YOU? This is one of the most selfish lines I have ever read. Build those connections, personal character, rely on mentors, and use every opportunity provided to you with little gratitude for how those same experiences are made possible. That wording is pretentious and entirely, entirely self-centered.
If you choose not to give, that's fine. Printing your own self-important stream of consciousness regarding it is another story. Get off your ungrateful high horse
as someone who's read her rants before, i wonder how many of these causes/instances of activism she actually feels this strongly about...seems like another cry for attention
I'm ashamed, Emily. I expected better of you.
Well said.
The naked tribalism of the angry comments is notable but perhaps not surprising.
Honestly, this column saddens me more than anything else. It truly depresses me that there are people at this school who finish their time here feeling so dissatisfied that they would consider their golden undergraduate years to be a fulfillment of some kind of duty. My CAPTCHA is "broken..." much like my heart after reading this.
The fact that you think you've shown gratitude for your scholarship so now your commitment is done already shows that you've completely missed the point! you talk about frustration? this article is frustrating.
This is a great column Emily. Haters gon' hate.
Gosh Emily, there's just something about your moral archaisms (an infinite supply, apparently) that always hits me like bad perfume.