“Look, girls know when they’re cute,” he said. “You don’t have to tell them. All they need to do is look in the mirror. I have one friend out in New York, an attorney. She moved out there after the school year to take the bar. She doesn’t have a job. I was like, ‘How are you going to get a job there in this market?’ And she’s like, ‘I’ll wink and I’ll smile.’ She’s a pretty girl. Whether that works despite her poor grades is yet to be seen.” PhilosophyDreamSchoolRomanceFictionEconomyDreamsYouthAdventureSummerYoung AdultYaContemporaryYoung Adult FictionChicagoJobCityLaw SchoolDowntownStudent Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs
“One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.” PhilosophyDreamSchoolJobsEconomyTeacherDreamsYouthStudentsAdventureFutureSummerYoung AdultYaYoung Adult FictionChicagoCityLaw SchoolDowntownAcademics Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs
“Do you want to achieve something or do you just want to make money?” asked a nearby man in a white shirt to another man in a striped shirt. I waited for the answer as I slowly walked past them. “Why is it an either or question?” the man in the striped shirt finally murmured philosophically under a sip of beer. They both stood there looking at each other in thought.” LifePhilosophyDreamPartyStudentsSummerChicagoCityLaw SchoolDowntownLake Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs
“Really, nobody was there?” I asked. “Well, nobody important,” he said, putting his glasses back on and blinking.” PhilosophyPartyDreamsSummerGlassesChicagoDreamingCityDowntownStudent Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs
“Don’t you think most of those kids think too much about who got an A or a B when they were in law school and what that means to an inflated G.P.A. and not enough about the world?” asked Connor irrelevantly.” PhilosophyDreamSchoolYouthSummerChicagoCityLaw SchoolDowntownStudent Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs
“Should I have a doughnut or my disgusting cardboard?” asked Gwynn, as she drew up languidly before me at a study table in a bookstore on State Street, raising a puffed rice cake in the air. My eyes narrowed attentively at her face, but as I hesitated, she announced eagerly, “Disgusting cardboard it is!” PhilosophyDreamSchoolRomanceFoodYouthSummerChicagoCityLaw SchoolDowntownStudent Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs
“You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early night’s light. He turned toward me in a thoughtful pause. “You know what I mean, Tom?” he asked. “It’s just not.” PhilosophyPartyStudentsSummerLawyerChicagoCityAttorneyLaw SchoolDowntown Book:Minor Snobs Source: Minor Snobs