“Make-work," Daddy called her homework, derisively, and it mostly was a continuation of the school day, the careful reordering of numbers, letters, and concepts that would vaunt them into the appropriate high school, the appropriate college, and, for those whose families had recently arrived, into the "gleaming anus of capitalist society" (Daddy, of course, for which he was severely "censured" by Anne Mom).” SchoolCollegeAmbitionHigh SchoolCapitalismHomework Book:Vera, or Faith Source: Vera, or Faith
“You're going to be the president of your frat," Daddy had told him. Dylan considered this honor, then dropped his pants and screamed, "Look at my penis!" "See, you're halfway there," Daddy had said.” CollegeUniversityUniversitiesExhibitionismPenisesCollegesSexual OrgansFraternitiesFrats Book:Vera, or Faith Source: Vera, or Faith
“The truth is this: The rich will rule even at a place like Oberlin, where their kind is technically forbidden. They will simply invert the power structure to suit their needs. They will come out on top no matter what. Stuyvesant was hard but hopeful; Oberlin, on the other hand, reminds me yet again how the world works. I guess that's why they call it an education.” WealthMoneyEducationPowerCollegeCapitalismOberlin Book:Little Failure: A Memoir Source: Little Failure: A Memoir
“If my mother hadn't tried to sell me chicken Kiev cutlets for $1.40 after I graduated from college, maybe I would've been the lawyer she wanted me to be.” IfsWantedMotherCollegeSellsLawyerChickensKiev Author:Gary Shteyngart
“Life for young American college graduates is a festive affair. Free of having to support their families, they mostly have gay parties on rooftops where they reflect at length upon their quirky electronic childhoods and sometimes kiss each other on the lips and neck.” SometimesYoungPartySupportChildhoodCollegeGayKissingAffairLipsNecksLengthGraduatesQuirkyRooftopsCollege GraduatesFestive Book:Absurdistan Source: Absurdistan
