[lit-ideas] Re: Joke
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:14:09 -0230
I remember the name of every teacher and professor I've ever had since grade 1.
I can't remember the name of my kindergarten teacher, though, since I spoke
very little English at that time.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were a strong positive correlation
between number of years spent in formal schooling and ability to recall one's
teachers' and professors' names. Much anectodal evidence supports my
hypothesis. (Eg: A classmate of mine in grade 5 quit school in grade 6 to join
the Hell's Angels. Last time I saw him (1984), he could recall the name of only
one teacher he had had in school.)
Such inductive evidence may of course be corroborative of a universal natural or
social law/generalization. If there are universal moral laws, why not also
universal natural laws?
Walter O.
Down memory lane in Montreal & Toronto.
Quoting JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx:
> This was used, more in story form, in my Jr. High French class to help us
> remember the first five words in French for one two three. I adored my Fr.
>
> teacher -- she had studied at the Sorbonne and was wonderful. Thanks for
> the
> flash back. I even remember her name -- Mrs. Krieg. The first day of class
>
> her first sentence was "This is the last time English will be used in this
> room." How many of you remember any of your public school teachers' nams?
>
> Julie Krueger
>
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