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1、课文精品文档MATRICULATIONFIXATIONMatriculationfixationTwoyearsago,IwaslanguishinginthewaitingroomofaPhiladelphiahospitalwhenacompletestrangerunexpectedlybegantellingmeabouthisdaughter'scollegeplans.Asmy79-year-oldmotherwasrecoveringfrommajorsurgerythatafternoon,Icouldnotgive
2、himmycompleteandundividedattention.Butasthebriefingsessionworeon,Ididmanagetogarnermostoftherelevantdetails.
Thegirl,brightbutnotbrilliant,hadbeenacceptedtoafirst-tieruniversitywithoutfinancialaidbuthadalsobeenacceptedtoalocal,second-echelonuniversitywhereshewaspromis
3、edafreeride.Moneybeingtight,withothercollege-boundchildreninthefamilyqueue,themanhadpersuadedhisdaughtertoaccepttheseconduniversity'soffer.Nowhewasworriedthatshewouldonedayruethisdecision.Becauseshewouldbegraduatingfromalessprestigiousinstitution,fewercontactswouldbema
4、deandfewerdoorswouldbeopened.Herdegreewouldputherwithinstrikingdistanceoftheyellowbrickroad,butnotphysicallyontheroaditself.DidthismakeherfatherthespawnofSatan?
Asamanoftheworldaccustomedtobeingtoldthemostintimatedetailsaboutcompletestrangers'marriages,careersandhobbi
5、es,Ihadlongagoacquiredtherequisiteskillstomediatethiscrisis.Itoldthemanthatmanyofmyhighschoolchumshadgraduatedfromthesecond-tieruniversityinquestionandhadgoneontoliverich,fulllives.
ItoldhimthatImyselfhadgraduatedfromasecond-echelonPhiladelphiauniversitynotunliketheon
6、ehisdaughterwasentering,andhadmanagedtocarveoutanicelittlenicheformyself.Itoldhimthatmycollegedayshadbeenamongthehappiestofmylife,thatthesunneversetwithoutmythankingGodfortheilluminationandinspirationprovidedbymytalented,dedicatedprofessors.Pressedforbiographicaldata,I
7、explainedthatIwasafreelancewriter,tickedoffalistofmycredentialsandsaidIwasprettyhappywiththewaymycareerhadturnedout.
Themanhadneverheardofme,hadneverreadanythingI'dwritten.Thoughhetriedtofeigninterestinmypatheticcurriculumvitae,Icouldseethathewasdevastated.Byfollowing
8、anacademicpathsimilartomine,hisdaughter,whowasalsoplanningacareerinjournalism,wasgoingtoendupasbigafailureasI.
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