I don't like to crow about having gone to MIT. I am the beneficiary of so much that was given to me, and I firmly believe that people should be valued by the heart and mind they bring to the table today, not the paper on their wall from yesterday.
But I have been attending alumni days and I am so proud of what I see. The MIT motto is 'mens et manus', (Latin for 'mind and hand') and I am so moved by the ways the MIT community is working to translate thinking and the scientific method to physical action in the world to make lives better.
On the one hand, I have never felt more of that community -- because that is what I truly believe. On other, time to roll up my sleeves...
