In reality, the narrative is far more complex, and the implications far less sunny for students as well as colleges caught up in the cruel cycle of selectivity.

在现实中，叙事更为复杂，影响远不如对学生以及陷入了残酷的周期可达选择性高校阳光普照。

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But there is a fast-approaching limit to our ability to borrow, steal, and print. Acknowledging this reality is not mean-spirited or cruel.

但是我们正在快速逼近借钱，偷钱和印钱的能力上限，承认这个现实并不是什么吝啬和不人道。

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However, reality was so cruel that could shatter their dream thoroughly.

然而现实却是如此地残酷，可以把梦想击毁得一点不留。

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But it will also shorten the days they must suffer war's cruel reality.

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The cruel reality is that the middle class goes to mass piously on Sundays and then does what middle classes do everywhere, namely ignore the teachings of the church and use the means of contraception that are available to them.

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That's not mean or cruel, good or bad, that's just the reality of life.

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