Mindy Kaling
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Buckingham Brown and Nichols. I went there from seventh grade to senior year.
Buckingham Brown and Nichols. I went there from seventh grade to senior year.
Yeah. Buckingham Brown and Nichols does sound fancy.
Yeah. Buckingham Brown and Nichols does sound fancy.
Yeah. Buckingham Brown and Nichols does sound fancy.
It has like a Hogwarts. Yeah. kind of energy. No, it was a very artsy private school in Cambridge, a hundred kids per class. It was really important to me to go there. I took a class that has stuck with me for the rest of my life on satire when I was in 10th grade. At that time, I didn't know the difference between parody and satire.
It has like a Hogwarts. Yeah. kind of energy. No, it was a very artsy private school in Cambridge, a hundred kids per class. It was really important to me to go there. I took a class that has stuck with me for the rest of my life on satire when I was in 10th grade. At that time, I didn't know the difference between parody and satire.
It has like a Hogwarts. Yeah. kind of energy. No, it was a very artsy private school in Cambridge, a hundred kids per class. It was really important to me to go there. I took a class that has stuck with me for the rest of my life on satire when I was in 10th grade. At that time, I didn't know the difference between parody and satire.
I just thought like, I watch SNL because I think it's funny and I like it, but we really parsed through all the different things and why they're funny. It was
I just thought like, I watch SNL because I think it's funny and I like it, but we really parsed through all the different things and why they're funny. It was
I just thought like, I watch SNL because I think it's funny and I like it, but we really parsed through all the different things and why they're funny. It was
Yes. We would read Mark Twain. We'd read like Huckaberry Finn. But then we would watch episodes of Saturday Night Live and talk about what they had in common and comedy and use of social justice. So it was a very fancy private school with amazing teachers.
Yes. We would read Mark Twain. We'd read like Huckaberry Finn. But then we would watch episodes of Saturday Night Live and talk about what they had in common and comedy and use of social justice. So it was a very fancy private school with amazing teachers.
Yes. We would read Mark Twain. We'd read like Huckaberry Finn. But then we would watch episodes of Saturday Night Live and talk about what they had in common and comedy and use of social justice. So it was a very fancy private school with amazing teachers.
But what I learned, and I think everyone goes through this at some point, was it was culturally interesting to be around children whose parents thought education was really important, but who are also from this, for lack of a better term, cultural elite. I tried sushi for the first time. My parents were like, well, we don't eat that. That's expensive and weird. I was using chopsticks.
But what I learned, and I think everyone goes through this at some point, was it was culturally interesting to be around children whose parents thought education was really important, but who are also from this, for lack of a better term, cultural elite. I tried sushi for the first time. My parents were like, well, we don't eat that. That's expensive and weird. I was using chopsticks.
But what I learned, and I think everyone goes through this at some point, was it was culturally interesting to be around children whose parents thought education was really important, but who are also from this, for lack of a better term, cultural elite. I tried sushi for the first time. My parents were like, well, we don't eat that. That's expensive and weird. I was using chopsticks.