The highlight of last week was the economics department debate on the presidential election. Professors Tuerck and Haughton represented McCain’s and Obama’s (respectively) proposed economic policies and other hot issues. The turnout was great, and I thought that both professors did a good job with their arguments. I always enjoy debates, thus I thoroughly enjoyed myself. My only complaint was in regards to a yappy grad student that I had the misfortune to sit next to (but that is completely aside from the actual debate).
I have midterms in Econometrics and Micro next week…a winning combination?
My funny story is more of an observation this week. This will be an odd intro sentence, but I am amazed at how polite the homeless people are in Boston. When I lived in DC, if I didn’t give someone change, I was often verbally assaulted with racial or gender-related name-calling. I am not proud to say it, but I don’t always give homeless people change, and when I don’t in Boston, the homeless are beyond nice—gracious—even in the face of my lack of assistance. I’m not really sure where I am even going with this observation, other than to recognize just how polite and socially generous those people have been to me. In fact, I would argue that Boston’s homeless are often friendlier to me (with or without change) than the average Bostonian that I have come across. What this means? I don’t know. What is my point? I don’t know. But I do know that I really appreciate their friendly tone, even if I only interact with them for a few seconds out of my day.
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