Hillbilly Elegy
This wasn’t one of my prouder moments, but it highlights the inner conflict inspired by rapid upward mobility: I had lied to a s ...
that Yale Law School shouldn’t accept applicants from non-prestigious state schools. There’s no way to quantify how these attitu ...
Though we sing the praises of social mobility, it has its downsides. The term necessarily implies a sort of movement —to a theor ...
visiting England was a childhood dream; eating less sugar improves health. At the same time, they’ve shown me that social mobili ...
With Yale friends, it was a greasy public health crisis. These aren’t exactly major problems, and if given the option all over a ...
were so unreachable? Why did successful people feel so different? ...
Chapter 13 As I began to think a bit more deeply about my own identity, I fell hard for a classmate of mine named Usha. As luck ...
beautiful. I joked with a buddy that if she had possessed a terrible personality, she would have made an excellent heroine in an ...
entirely different emotional universe. I thought about her constantly. One friend described me as “heartsick” and another told m ...
She instinctively understood the questions I didn’t even know to ask, and she always encouraged me to seek opportunities that I ...
call it FIP—short for Fall Interview Program—and it’s a marathon week of dinners, cocktail hours, hospitality suite visits, and ...
we’d never be invited to the D.C. or New York offices for final interviews. When I arrived at the restaurant, I thought it a pit ...
what kind. “I’ll take white,” I said, which I thought would settle the matter. “Would you like sauvignon blanc or chardonnay?” I ...
leave without shaking your hand. I tried to be myself; I’ve always considered myself gregarious but not oppressive. But I was so ...
resolved to focus on the task at hand— getting a job—and leave the class tourism for later. My bearing lasted another two minute ...
fountain machine didn’t have enough Diet Coke syrup. That’s exactly what this fancy place’s “sparkling” water tasted like. “Some ...
three spoons? Why were there multiple butter knives? Then I recalled a scene from a movie and realized there was some social con ...
chew with my mouth closed. Those at our table talked about law and law school, firm culture, and even a little politics. The rec ...
asshole?—but it seemed an odd emphasis for what felt like the most important moment of a young career. Our interviews weren’t so ...
interviews, and most led to job offers. I had sixteen when the week began, though by the end I was so spoiled (and exhausted) by ...
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