[JackWhite]

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Sarcasm aside, I'm not getting this whole 'real world' concept.

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This is not a specific reference to Harvard, but a "real world" concept to help you understand. After George McGovern left the US Senate, he ran a Bed and Breakfast. It failed.

McGovern then made a comment about how incredibly difficult it was to run a business because of all the red tape and taxes. This comes from a man who helped pass all those red tape and tax laws. McGovern said he wished that he knew then(when he was in the Senate) what he knows now. He said he'd be much more sympathetic to those who had to live under all these rules.

This is the concept of the "real world." How many people in the Senate or the Harvard faculty have any idea how to run a business? or deal with all the red tape and regulations that those people generally favor. When you are in an ivory tower things might sound good in theory, but in practice they can lead to ruin for people. I hope that makes you understand the "real world" concept. As someone esle pointed out, class room theories don't always work in the dreaded "real world."