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Despite three years of rigorous study, humanities concentrator Alex Robinson ’13 is not entirely sure what classes he ended up taking.
Robinson, who will graduate in May with a degree of a nature he has yet to ascertain, expressed confusion when questioned on such obscure considerations as career prospects and concentration requirements.
“I came to Brown to learn,” Robinson said during a recent job interview for a position for which he may or may not be qualified, “And I’m pretty sure that’s what I did. Like, pretty sure.”
Over the course of six semesters under the New Curriculum, Robinson has taken what he believes to be 24 courses, most of which he is fairly certain involved writing and reading in relation to several indeterminate subjects.
“I’ve taken advantage of my academic freedoms," he said with a measure of doubt and an upward inflection. “But I’ve never lost sight of whatever my overarching goals may be. Whatever those may be.”
Professor James Rothenberg, who believes had Alex as a student at least once in the past three years, stated that Alex was perhaps one of the most active students in his class.
“Alex had some really great things to say about the duality of one thing and another thing that’s different than the first thing," remarked Professor Rothenberg. "That’s generally the sort of thing we talk about. Maybe.”
Professor Mark Johnson, Robinson’s adviser and the chair of whichever department he is concentrating in, stated that he was proud of his advisee’s accomplishments in the concentration. He remarked that over the past three years, Robinson has “really grown as a person, and, in the end, that’s what matters, or something like that matters or I don’t know. Where am I?”
Robinson is expected to graduate magna cum laude.
