The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier

As I traveled the darkened streets in solitude, I was pondering passages from Hamlet and Julius Caesar. In Act I, Scene III, of Hamlet, Polonius says to his son, Laertes: “For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” Does, then, the mere taking of a core of liberal arts courses or even a liberal arts major [...]

Well, I’ve been walking the darkened streets again, thinking about OBE, job training v. education, liberal arts v. professional programs, etc. I guess it’s that time of the year when such things are on everyone’s minds as graduates leave the stage with a diploma in one hand and want ads in the other. Well, I [...]

Well, here I am again. I’ve just come in from my power walking. I’ve been thinking about what happened in another one of my classes last Tuesday. It was about 11:30 a.m. A student had just left my office. For almost an hour and a half, I listened intently, almost saying nothing, as she told [...]

Well, it’s real early in the morning. It’s starting to get humid and warm down here in south Georgia, even at 5:00 in the morning. As I was walking the quiet streets, I was thinking again. This time it was about a discussion, a vigorous discussion, I had yesterday afternoon with a colleague from the [...]

Well, it’s early in the morning again and I have just come in, dripping wet, from a vigorous power walk. I love roaming the darkened, quiet streets. The air is clean and my thoughts are clear. This morning I was thinking about all that has happened in my classes during the ten days since I [...]