Will do. In the hour since publishing that piece I did a full 30-minute workout for the first time since November. Thirty seconds over my thirty minute bogie. Not so bad.
I don't get the propaganda organ of my alma mater. I told them years ago to take me off their list because, at 3 years out of college, they were taking the place in a poor direction. Even though the place has grown out of recognition, I still believe that.
My wife is also a graduate (3 times!) from the same school. She gets a copy on an irregular basis. When I can muster the curiosity I'll look at my classes' doings. Most of us should be preparing to retire in a few years, which means that, in the meantime, we should be playing at the top of our game. Instead, I see very little in the way of actual accomplishments. I know that many of my friends from back then have accomplished things, such as starting software firms, leaving IT to become a fireman and eventually a chief, working in research and so on. I think that those who are doing and accomplishing are simply too busy to let the school know what they're doing, or perhaps they simply don't care if the school knows. I know I sure didn't, and I wound up as the Director of IT at a small private university.
I've thought of leaving it behind, but I'm curious. A couple of decades back they pressed me to establish contact with their major gifts department. For estate planning, etc. I wrote lamenting that they did not have a minor gifts department and sent a small check.
The Freshman class shows humans, in general, just released from the control and mentoring of their parents. My age group, co-existent with yours (I entered Berkeley in 1958 and left in 1959 as I had no idea where I was going) was probably about the same at that age, reflecting the values of their parents. As Freshmen, they start their own lives. Hopefully they will decide that fitness and "class" are worth striving for. You can value them for their current appearance, but I do not think you can blame them for it. Blame starts in the early 20s age.
Brave researchers like Ed Dutton - "How to judge people by how they look" - associate dressing well and good appearance with being conservative. My freshman class at Reed had some weird looking people, most of whom were pinkos. On the other hand there was Jill Dubish, pictured in my post. Is there a face in that crowd as pleasant, a head as well coiffed as hers?
In 1962, I was 3 years old. Growing up in an agricultural area of Ontario, it was rare to see obese individuals. We would tease them.
It seems that there is a common pattern of being in school longer and being out of physical shape.
A few of your IBM-Vietnam peer group are still active and healthy, so please keep striving to be part of this sub-group.
Will do. In the hour since publishing that piece I did a full 30-minute workout for the first time since November. Thirty seconds over my thirty minute bogie. Not so bad.
I don't get the propaganda organ of my alma mater. I told them years ago to take me off their list because, at 3 years out of college, they were taking the place in a poor direction. Even though the place has grown out of recognition, I still believe that.
My wife is also a graduate (3 times!) from the same school. She gets a copy on an irregular basis. When I can muster the curiosity I'll look at my classes' doings. Most of us should be preparing to retire in a few years, which means that, in the meantime, we should be playing at the top of our game. Instead, I see very little in the way of actual accomplishments. I know that many of my friends from back then have accomplished things, such as starting software firms, leaving IT to become a fireman and eventually a chief, working in research and so on. I think that those who are doing and accomplishing are simply too busy to let the school know what they're doing, or perhaps they simply don't care if the school knows. I know I sure didn't, and I wound up as the Director of IT at a small private university.
I've thought of leaving it behind, but I'm curious. A couple of decades back they pressed me to establish contact with their major gifts department. For estate planning, etc. I wrote lamenting that they did not have a minor gifts department and sent a small check.
The Freshman class shows humans, in general, just released from the control and mentoring of their parents. My age group, co-existent with yours (I entered Berkeley in 1958 and left in 1959 as I had no idea where I was going) was probably about the same at that age, reflecting the values of their parents. As Freshmen, they start their own lives. Hopefully they will decide that fitness and "class" are worth striving for. You can value them for their current appearance, but I do not think you can blame them for it. Blame starts in the early 20s age.
Brave researchers like Ed Dutton - "How to judge people by how they look" - associate dressing well and good appearance with being conservative. My freshman class at Reed had some weird looking people, most of whom were pinkos. On the other hand there was Jill Dubish, pictured in my post. Is there a face in that crowd as pleasant, a head as well coiffed as hers?