A colleague reminded me that Einstein once said that if he only had an hour to solve a problem, he would spend all but five minutes making sure he had the right question. The right question! The tough question! He went on to argue that it is not enough to teach students merely to ask [...]
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A friend of mine came over to the house the other day to stay with me as I recovered from my operation. He’s a businessman, a very successful businessman. We got into a discussion about the University and education in general. That was good since it helped me to start getting my juices flowing as [...]
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Well, I’m still here. The surgery last week was successful. The cancerous prostate is out and so is all the cancer. The doctor’s used the word “cured.” Damn, that’s a sweet sounding word. Bless those annual physicals and caring, conscientious physicians. Now, I’ll be recuperating off campus for about another three weeks under the watchful [...]
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