tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post5699180733755528148..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: How I Stopped Being a Libertariandelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-17930990832196435382016-05-12T14:21:14.233-04:002016-05-12T14:21:14.233-04:00"Dude," if you can't understand why ..."Dude," if you can't understand why being forced to memorize dates without any context, the spelling of the names of countries and their capitals*, was pointless, then I can't help you.<br /><br />As for the five-point essay, please. Someone should kill that motherfucker in a fire.<br /><br /><br /><br />*Again, without any context -- what use was it to make me learn to spell Australia, when no one had bothered to teach me where Australia was, much less anything about it?delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-37754218338383286862016-05-11T09:26:24.454-04:002016-05-11T09:26:24.454-04:00"dates and facts about Louisiana history; how..."dates and facts about Louisiana history; how to spell various foreign capitAls; the structure of a five-point essay"<br /><br />Dude, I can imagine why anyone wouldn't be interested in history and stuff,<br />but knowing how to properly spell the names of foreign countries and their capitals, and knowing a few dates of your country's history is the minimum.<br /><br />If one doesn't even know that, if one is that ignorant, then how can one be open-minded?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-55900787603127530722015-05-11T00:43:42.502-04:002015-05-11T00:43:42.502-04:00It's why I have such enduring faith in my stud...It's why I have such enduring faith in my students, even when they seem so obdurate. I remember how young and ignorant I was, and how stubbornly I persisted in that ignorance -- and YET.<br /><br />Change was happening, all along, underneath that hard little skull of mine. Theirs too, we can hope.delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-67667144889061061122015-05-03T21:05:56.996-04:002015-05-03T21:05:56.996-04:00I adore how this story ends. Would that all our yo...I adore how this story ends. Would that all our youthful ignorances could end with polite bbq and a swim! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-37328275019367392022015-04-03T19:20:12.266-04:002015-04-03T19:20:12.266-04:00Wow. What a story. I love that you had such a capa...Wow. What a story. I love that you had such a capacity to learn and change.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.com