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To: Cicero
Why am I reading this? Well, I must confess it was once my Alma Mater. Where I continued to learn to think for myself.

Ahhh, self taught then?

15 posted on 12/08/2009 3:10:01 PM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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To: AFreeBird

Well, let’s just say that I picked my professors and read a lot on my own.

That was possible back then. There were still some great teachers there.

Now, I look at the English department, to take one example, and 19 out of 20 professors are jerks. The 20th is Helen Vendler, who has a blind thing against Christianity but otherwise is a brilliant reader of poetry.

Well, 19 out of 20 worthless tools. That ain’t good.


17 posted on 12/08/2009 3:21:00 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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