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A Young Roman Responds to Saint Benedict
“We are about to open a school for God’s service…”
-Rule, St. Benedict
Okay, but what about your S.T.E.M. offerings? Does your footer pitch have artificial turf? The books are too heavy - I have a note My feelings are covered by the ADA
Silence? But I gotta have my tunes, man! “Correction of Youths?” My mummy will sue! “Daily manual labor” – may I be excused? “No talk after Compline” – But can I text?
*** *** nonononono ***, no?
Not for me, dude; and this I’ve got to say: I know that your program’s famously prestigious But I am, like, spiritual, not religious And, hey, you know, you’re just not Harvard, okay?