Harvard students talk about the holidays and end of the year
The semester has been winding down, and the holiday break beckons. With that in mind, the Gazette asked Harvard College students to reflect on the year they’re finishing, the break to come, and how they view their goals for 2020. Jordan Mubako ’22 People let their guard down around the holidays, said Mubako, an international student from Harare, Zimbabwe. That’s why it’s one of his favorite times of the year.“People drop all of their pretenses,” Mubako said, “and they are just really happy.”Especially, when exams and papers are all done, he added. “You get to just worry about what’s really important, and that tends to be just going back to see your family.” Rebecca Thau ’20 The best thing about Thau’s 2019 has been finally getting to work on her senior thesis.“To see it come into actual writing has been an interesting and very rewarding process,” said Thau.Her thesis is on Hélène Cixous, a...