Ninth inning

Apologies for being so derelict in posting, as my anticipation of a less-busy second term didn't seem to pan out. Friday marked our last day of classes as first-year students ("RCs" in HBS parlance, since our initial year is taken up entirely by the Required Curriculum), and with it concluded our in-class section experience. In the next year things will be different, as we are given complete freedom over our course schedules, and the 17 hours and 20 minutes we spent together in our group of 91 each week will be atomized over dozens of electives. HBS has a number of norms in the RC year, one of which is the giving of gifts to faculty on the last day of classes, accompanied by more or less elaborate or humorous presentations. Our section ended with some fairly spectacular ones, including an original rendition of "To Be With You" by Mr. Big, performed by two classmates in a surprise conclusion to our course on entrepreneurship. I'll try to post more detailed thoughts on the first year shortly.