<p>sort of a spin off from another thread, but I was wondering how many CCers would actually care. personally, I might be a bit irked for a second, but then I'ld just shrug it off. harvard acceptance isn't the key to eternal happiness. </p>
<p>Yeah, I think I would because I intend to apply. Say it actually happened:</p>
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<li><p>I get in. Then he could bully me more, or I would have to avoid him. He could stop, though. </p></li>
<li><p>I don’t get in. Then it’s annoying because I (or someone else) should be there instead of a bully.</p></li>
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<p>Not really…the only bullies I’ve ever had would not be the type to be going to any college, let alone Harvard, but hypothetically…still not a big deal. It’d be annoying for a second, but I wouldn’t care.</p>
<p>I would care. I would care a lot. So much, that I’d concoct a plan that make him cry a thousand tears. Heck, it’d make him dig a hole, cement it over, and then fill the newly made pool with his tears. I’ll cackle so freely. So freely that I’d do a somersault into the pool. Splashing in his tears while he fans me with a palm.</p>
<p>Some huge % of bullies end up in jail by 25, as their behavior is no longer tolerated, so Harvard is unlikely to take them. Mine were social rejects and dropped out, living in a trailer park, or joined the military. If this did happen though, I’d probably think Harvard has no idea what it’s doing and would just be pleased the bully is hundreds of miles away.</p>
<p>I don’t think I would really care…(then again, I haven’t been bullied in years). If he/she worked hard and got accepted to Harvard, then he/she deserves to go. Doesn’t really affect me.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t really care because I didn’t apply to Harvard, so it’s not like they’re ‘stealing my spot’ or anything. Also, I’d never have to see them again, so that’s cool.</p>
<p>^ This
Though I’d be moderately ****ed if that person just bragged and expected to be lauded everyday till graduation… (Though their student loan debt makes up for it in ways)
I don’t really have bullies though, just rivals.</p>
<p>To be hoest, if it was as bad as how KoreanArmada described it (or if the bully who got into Harvard was my middle school bully) I probably would feel a bit bitter. When you’re really bullied, your life is spent in fantasies of how the bully will be thrown into a pit of scorpions, or have his/her pants fall down in the middle of the school lunchroom, or go stew in hell for all eternity- it would be pretty jarring to then have your tormentor get something so exclusive and amazing. Perhaps that’s a selfish reaction- I think that people who suffer deserve a bit of self-indulgence, as long as it doesn’t become obsessive.
In the long run, it probably wouldn’t be a big deal, as I have no intentions of ever going to Hahvahd- I’m a Noo Yawkah :). I’d probably rejoice that I wasn’t going to be within 200 miles of the hog for the next four years and start a countoff calendar until summer break.</p>