After reading Aileen Nielsen's March 26th article "Anti-intellectual pursuits: Too much play or too little work," I would like to voice my displeasure with her obviously myopic interpretation of the term "learning" as well as her refusal to see value in anything beyond the academic. For Nielsen to scold Princeton students for using their free time to relax or play volleyball is absurd.
All of us take classes, we all explore our academic interests within the framework of the Princeton education, and we spend a disproportionate amount of time pursuing knowledge. Yes, we are lucky to have such an opportunity. But my studies of American history are only a very small part of my personal interests, as are the books and articles I read for pleasure. Why would I choose to spend all my time absorbed in the published thoughts of others? It sounds like the perfect way to achieve an uninspired, unbalanced existence.
Your life outside of academia should not serve your studies, your studies should act as enrichment to your character and life. Remember your life? It's what probably got you into Princeton, and it's comprised of the actions you took outside of Calculus class and World Cultures. Just because I am at Princeton, I refuse to forget that I am more than my thesis subject, more than a name on a stack of papers, more than the volume of books I've devoured (for school or otherwise). Next warm day, you'll probably see me out there playing soccer, doing nothing, or (GASP) having a few beers with friends, not because I am anti-intellectual, but because I am trying my hardest to be much more than the last book I read. Larkin Moore '02
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