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The rites of passage in the academic world are arcane and, in their own way, highly romantic, and the tensions and unplesantries of dissertations and final oral examinations are quickly forgotten in the wonderful moment of the sherry afterward, admission into a very old club, parties of celebration, doctoral gowns, academic rituals, and hearing for the first time "Dr.," rather than "Miss" Jamison.
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― An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
― An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
“
By convention,
I have been taught to
isolate the variables
on the left side and
the constants on the right
But you still have that characteristic
freewill of wallowing in the abstraction
of algebra
You could also isolate the variables
on the right side and
the constants on the left.
”
― For the Intellect
― For the Intellect
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