Going head to head for FOOT
Kate Bowden ’11 checked her PO box Tuesday. And Wednesday. And Wednesday again — just to be sure. The object of her self-described compulsive postal stalking? A coveted acceptance letter, one that would allow her to lead a small group of dirt-streaked, jittery freshmen across the forests of New England.
Bowden was not alone in her anxious anticipation of the day that decision letters for Freshmen Outdoor Orientation Trip, or FOOT, leaders would arrive. In fact, 184 other freshmen and sophomores also haunted the post office this past week, crossing their fingers that they would be...
I can almost smell the collective Type-A decorum this entire thing is made of. It's sad, because it IS the upper-middle-class white kids who grew up hiking that go on these things, who meet other upper-middle-class white kids who grew up hiking.
Unconstructive and ego-stroking all at the same time. What a disappointment.