Archive for August, 1997

Too Much–reply

Boy my fingers are hurting from replying to the unexpected and overwhelming response to Tuesday’s Random Thought. As I was deafened by those continuing bays of these dogs of August, I thought some more about that professor’s message, about a heated discussion the RT triggered in which I am engulfed where I am being accused [...]

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Too Much?

As I trod the dark streets of Valdosta this morning it was hard to meditate. Those howling dogs of August sound as large as the hounds of the Baskervilles. They’re baying so loud I wonder how anyone can sleep. Down here, as the editor of the local newspaper said, we know these dogs intimately by [...]

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What Is An Education?

A few weeks ago, at the Student Union, some of my students threw a curve ball at me. As I munched on a doughnut or two or three, we were talking about the class and how much they enjoyed it and got out of it. One of the students asked why I have them do [...]

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