Sunday, March 14, 2010

Bernard Levin Competition Entry

So Bernard Levin gradaute LSE and went off the become a pretty influential and pretty controversial journalist. He also had a serious Wagner crush. This is the beginning of an essay I wrote for the LSE Student Union award in his name. It's a bit over the top, I know.

7AM. Vivaldi’s Spring. Lights. And all that jazz. Toothbrush, coffee cup, run for the 243. Monday traffic, newspaper. Oh, look, it’s my Financial Regulation professor in the Letters to the Editor again, and the topic for next class is on the front page. Who needs a course pack anyway? Aldwych, The Royal Court of Justice. BUS STOPPING. Dash to class. Good morning, Buenos Días, Привет. I can never remember how many times they kiss hello in Chile. 22 classmates, 18 countries, 10 accents, 100 opinions. We are an argumentative bunch. Last Friday we came up with 12 reasons why new policy of the old chairman of the Federal Reserve might be wrong. In the break between two lectures we disagreed on Beckett as well. Professionals go to conferences abroad to discuss change with leading academics and other bright minds. I go to school.

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