And so the university experience ends with a commissioning; not quite a “Great” Commission, but something close. We are launched into career (and careerism) by the holistic formation we’ve received at college. The classroom and laboratory, lecture hall and library have played some role in this. But the information provided there has not been nearly as potent as the formation we’ve received in the dorm and frat house, or the stadium and the dance club. We will look back on these years as “the best years of our lives”—a last hurrah for adolescence and a stern preparation for the rigors of
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