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We just admitted someone to a Ph.D. program with full scholarship plus a VERY healthy stipend (and no teaching obligations attached). She's 18. And oh, did I mention? She's already been published in several peer-reviewed journals, has a shockigly good academic record, and is far too nice for someone who's only 18. But even so... she's still only 18
All I can say is that she's way the hell too young. She was too young to see The Goonies or Top Gun or Dirty Dancing at the movies. She never saw MacGuyver or Quantum Leap or even FraggleRock when they were on the air for the first time. She doesn't know who Gargamel is. She probably doesn't even know what Robotech was. She never sang "We Are The World" in school and probably never even cared that the cans of tuna she was eating may have snared innocent dolphins along the way. She doesn't remember when the Challenger blew up, and never heard those stupid "NASA stands for Need Another Seven Astronauts" jokes. She never used an ATARI or a Commodore 64. She probably never even had Superwoman Underoos. This makes me so sad. It's just not possible that she's getting a doctoral degree.
All I can say is that she's way the hell too young. She was too young to see The Goonies or Top Gun or Dirty Dancing at the movies. She never saw MacGuyver or Quantum Leap or even FraggleRock when they were on the air for the first time. She doesn't know who Gargamel is. She probably doesn't even know what Robotech was. She never sang "We Are The World" in school and probably never even cared that the cans of tuna she was eating may have snared innocent dolphins along the way. She doesn't remember when the Challenger blew up, and never heard those stupid "NASA stands for Need Another Seven Astronauts" jokes. She never used an ATARI or a Commodore 64. She probably never even had Superwoman Underoos. This makes me so sad. It's just not possible that she's getting a doctoral degree.
