No, no, no. Not to worry. We don't need to close the universities if the teaching isn't neurotic. Seriously. What a beautiful image, though, Socrates and Rorty all a bloom. It's probably what Wordsworth had in mind when he said, "Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance ... And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils." The crimson pall of eve having fallen, I must run. Or glide. Or the whirlwinds my banner unfurl... Andy ________________________________ From: Walter C. Okshevsky <wokshevs@xxxxxx> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:33 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: education Well, there you have it. As Socrates, Rorty and A Bloom all recognized, if the teaching isn't erotic, we're all wasting our time and you might as well close the universities. Walter O MUN Quoting Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>: > I had four professors who had profound influences on me. One changed my life > completely, and three others nearly so. My favorite professor was in > American lit with whom I had a seminar on the topic of the common man in > American literature, which I recently bumbled through in my last It's Friday > musical attempt. (The class was very different; no mention of unions or > Michael Keaton at all.) Another professor was in a class called myth and > literature; no myth in particular was ever mentioned, yet somehow I made > connections differently after that wonderful summer class. The last > professor, a writing class, also had a powerful effect on me in connecting > Freud to literature. There were other really good professors (Milton, > Romantic literature, 18th century lit, others) in addition to those magical > ones. Nowadays it's mostly all documentaries, all the time, whether books or > video, but I read a beautiful classic not that long ago, > Wuthering Heights. Kind of brought back the fun days... > > Andy > > > > ________________________________ > From: Thomas Hart <tehart@xxxxxxx> > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:06 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: education > > > From my undergrad and M.A. alma mater > http://departments.columbian.gwu.edu/english/undergraduate/courses/upperlevel > > This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2011.php ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html