We finally give in to Lin-sanity. He’s a Harvard grad. He’s an NBA sensation. And, oh yeah, have you heard he’s Chinese? Gish Jen speculates on how Jeremy Lin might affect other athletic Asian-American kids. (New York Times)
Even Arne is succumbing to it. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, also a former Harvard basketball player, started his segment on The Daily Show Thursday night talking about Jeremy Lin. (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
Why so many Ivy League grads end up on Wall Street or Teach For America. Ezra Kline says those institutions are just taking advantage of the “weakness in liberal arts education.” Also, those Ivy kids aren’t all 6’3” with a wicked outside jump shot like, well, someone we know. (Wonkbook)
He knew Jeremy Lin before he was Jeremy Lin. His high school coach says that he’s kinda surprised himself. (ESPN)
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Wall Street is attractive to Ivy grads because at least until recently, it was the surest bet to get those student loans paid off as quickly as possible. My DH finished b-school in June 2006 with six figures’ worth of loans but was able to pay them all off by January 2008 by working in i-banking. He HATED being a banker and soon after switched to a less-lucrative field that offered a more sane schedule. Now the recent financial crisis has totally changed the ball game in terms of compensation, but it takes a bit of time for that information to filter down to naive undergraduates.
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