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Drop the Attitude
To the editors:
Unfortunately, many students who read Fahrenthold's column (Column, Feb. 29) probably felt that, yes, we are better than everyone else and by taking a short one-time break to help someone out, we can realize just how much better we are. But it makes me sick to think that just because we are Harvard students we are above or separated from the rest of society. The cold and insulting nature that Fahrenthold takes toward everyone who is not as fortunate as we are is an extension of the pompous attitude that has come to be associated with Harvard over the years.
If you want to do service, make it real service. Get involved in someone's life. Become a dependable figure to a young child, give something back that counts. Service is not about the experience of the volunteer, service is about the experience of the people who are being helped. Real service takes more than one semester.
Ted Mussman '00
Feb. 29, 2000