tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post4038272949460023552..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Endings, travels, birthdaysCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-25178823758610290452010-12-28T13:37:00.628-05:002010-12-28T13:37:00.628-05:00I mean this with all possible compliments, Jeffrey...I mean this with all possible compliments, Jeffrey: your father has the wizened and wise face of a Samuel Beckett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-76121363727622313662010-12-24T17:46:32.204-05:002010-12-24T17:46:32.204-05:00I am also a college instructor (English comp adjun...I am also a college instructor (English comp adjunct) and I felt as if this semester was the absolute worst one in 12 years-- in two schools, too. Why why why? I had plagiarism as well, students who thought they were entitled to the world on a silver platter, and could honestly say there wasn't one of them whose writing I actually looked forward to reading. Usually there's one!! Granted, a few accrued enough points to get an A but there was no soul, no heart, in their scribblings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-11225947166411526652010-12-22T09:07:33.642-05:002010-12-22T09:07:33.642-05:00On the other hand you have less and less to risk/l...On the other hand you have less and less to risk/lose at 80. My f-i-l through caution to the winds at 80 and stayed out all night eating, drinking and laughing far too much for his age. I am pretty sure that is why he is still full of beans 5 years later.<br /><br />Others have taken a more cautious and solemn approach and fared much less well.<br /><br /><br />Of course I am adding 2+2 to make 5. But suppose the over-indulgence had killed him at 80 - he would have died very happy and left great memories behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com