In June 2022, after finishing my junior year, I dropped out of high school and flew to a ranch in California. I passed over the green cattle guard—bars laid over a trench to trip up escaping cows—and walked onto the campus of Deep Springs College. The campus comprises a dorm building, a kitchen, and a schoolhouse, all arranged around a small, grassy cir…
What’s the Opposite of Harvard? A Year of Honest Work
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At Deep Springs College, I received a copy of the student body bylaws and instructions for treating snakebites. This was my orientation.
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