I'm a student at MIT, and Douglas Adams spoke here last year. He was awesome, with witty commentary on many different issues. He spoke precisely with the slightly sarcastic tone of his writing, and I enjoyed it very much. I was fortunate to have my towel signed.
But anyway, my point: He mentioned the unfinished 6th Hitchhiker's Guide book, and noted that it was not a priority to him and that he didn't like it because he started it at a sad time in his life, so it was more gloomy than he would have liked it to be. So that's why it's been unfinished for so long. I'm anxious to read what's there, though. He also mentioned that the 6th would be the final hitchhiker's guide book. And now, sadly, it most certainly will be.
No one likes to be stereotyped, and I am no exception.
I'm currently at the end of my second year at MIT, and I feel that we learn a lot of incredibly cutting-edge, relevant material. Even the introductory classes are taught by world-renowned faculty. One example is the required introductory biology course I took last fall, which was taught by Eric Lander, the head of the Human Genome Project at MIT. He presented the premliminary findings of the HGP to us months before the paper hit the scientific journals. Can't beat that for interesting and relevant, if you ask me!
The students here are indeed diverse, from all 50 states and more other countries than you could name off the top of your head. I have yet to meet an MIT student who does not speak English.
And one more thing - the students here are not all rich kids who went to private school. I went to an average public school and have loans up to my ears to pay for this. If it were not for the generousity of the Alumni Association, I would never have been able to come up with the money to attend MIT.
Javac, sounds like you should do a little more research before you go off and insult the 10,000 students in the MIT community. I'm sorry you're jealous that you can't be here, but you should let reality set in a little bit and try hard not to be so durn stereotypical.
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I'm a student at MIT, and Douglas Adams spoke here last year. He was awesome, with witty commentary on many different issues. He spoke precisely with the slightly sarcastic tone of his writing, and I enjoyed it very much. I was fortunate to have my towel signed.
But anyway, my point: He mentioned the unfinished 6th Hitchhiker's Guide book, and noted that it was not a priority to him and that he didn't like it because he started it at a sad time in his life, so it was more gloomy than he would have liked it to be. So that's why it's been unfinished for so long. I'm anxious to read what's there, though. He also mentioned that the 6th would be the final hitchhiker's guide book. And now, sadly, it most certainly will be.
I'm currently at the end of my second year at MIT, and I feel that we learn a lot of incredibly cutting-edge, relevant material. Even the introductory classes are taught by world-renowned faculty. One example is the required introductory biology course I took last fall, which was taught by Eric Lander, the head of the Human Genome Project at MIT. He presented the premliminary findings of the HGP to us months before the paper hit the scientific journals. Can't beat that for interesting and relevant, if you ask me!
The students here are indeed diverse, from all 50 states and more other countries than you could name off the top of your head. I have yet to meet an MIT student who does not speak English.
And one more thing - the students here are not all rich kids who went to private school. I went to an average public school and have loans up to my ears to pay for this. If it were not for the generousity of the Alumni Association, I would never have been able to come up with the money to attend MIT.
Javac, sounds like you should do a little more research before you go off and insult the 10,000 students in the MIT community. I'm sorry you're jealous that you can't be here, but you should let reality set in a little bit and try hard not to be so durn stereotypical.