Higgins Signs With Montreal

[Rich Stamboulian]

In your opinion, anyway.  ::rolleyes::

[nyc94]

You have got to be kidding otherwise I second the ::rolleyes::

[Greg Berge]

[q]You have got to be kidding[/q]

Not at all.  Reverse-snobbery has far more political and social traction than snobbery. It's socially acceptable and the numbers are on its side.  In an election campaign, it's an essential.  Does Dubya call himself a Yale and Harvard man or just a regular guy Texan?

Oppositional identity formation motivates everybody.  Everybody constructs their world so that they (through their identity with a group) just happen, accidentally of course, to be morally and ethically superior.  Which means the other guy has to suck.  This is just as true of the poor as the rich.  Moreso, not because they're any different as people, but because there's no social consequence to holding the belief.  It's a (highly electorally rewarding) national myth.

Or do you think that there's a group that's so superior that it doesn't do this?  Now that really is a snobbish notion.



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[Tub(a)]

If Chris Higgins was reading this thread, he must be really confused by now :-P

I live in a small town where this reverse snobbery is quite evident. All you need to do to gain power in this place is insult a smart guy and/or profess your love for guns, trucks, and beer. It is probably more prevalent in small towns, which is why some of you may not have seen it.

[Greg Berge]

Well, Chris Higgins is actually a distant relative of Henry Higgins, and Pygmalian was all about snobbery, so there's the relationship...  ;-)

[jeh25]

I know of one infrequent poster that graduated with a 3.96 in Bio (Cell & Molecular) so it isn't impossible. I'm curious to know how Lenny is gonna have time to count fruitflies during hockey season.

Of course, the all time Bio GPA record has to be Dennis Bailey. Rumor has it that Dennis called the Dean late one April and reminded the Dean that he had the highest GPA in his class, and had been somehow overlooked when class marshall's had been selected. As the story goes, it turns out that Dennis was right and they had overlooked him because he was talking all his classes at the Vet School senior year.

I mean, this guy makes Lowell look humble

[CowbellGuy]

John E Hayes '98 '00 wrote:
I mean, this guy makes Lowell look humble

Worst bio lab partner everrrr... ::barf::


Edit: Dennis, not Lowell



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[jtwcornell91]

Okay, so the "400 club" is for student athletes with a 4.0 or higher GPA?  Because it's just too easy if you're not also playing a sport?  ::nut::

[Al DeFlorio]

I suppose the real question is:  with the rampant grade inflation at Harvard, why isn't the district All-Academic team packed with Harvard players?

http://www.cosida.com/formpdfs/2003AtLargeRelease[1].pdf

[Greg Berge]

I guess we've identified the 5% who aren't given summa. ;-)

[Lowell '99]

I take offense at the above comments.

I might very well be the worst bio lab partner ever.  But John, you can speak to this (if only indirectly).  :-)

[Robb \'94]

[Q] with the rampant grade inflation at Harvard, why isn't the district All-Academic team packed with Harvard players?[/Q]

High mean with low standard dev?

[crodger1]

Yeah, gasp, knock on wood!