tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post1260597736359326183..comments2024-03-22T08:39:17.629-07:00Comments on Spin Easy Time!: The Smartest Kids In Classfred chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-9987728389066889182009-04-13T18:50:00.000-07:002009-04-13T18:50:00.000-07:00I guess that's true, but I was always polite. Lik...I guess that's true, but I was always polite. Like we had an old English murder case where a baby-sitter "murdered" a baby with an overdose of dilaudid. Everybody was going along with the verdict. <br /><br />I gently pointed out to them that when I was a boy, and still around the world, people used paragoric to settle babies' stomachs and get them sleeping. Both are opiates, and an accidental overdose of either can send the baby across the river. Not so murderous after all, they had to agree.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-3776730416810252282009-04-13T12:18:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:18:00.000-07:00I'm 10 years older than most of the stude[nt]s in ...I'm 10 years older than most of the stude[nt]s in my classes at SMC. I find they just need vocabulary lessons for the most part. I don't always pipe up right away if I know answers. For example, teach asked us what a "Maven" is[was] and got the crickets. She then asked if we considered ourselves "Mavens" and more crickets but I said "No". This happens almost daily. It's as if they are scared to death of showing any weakness. <BR/> I remember a classmate of yours from Pep saying you were his hero during those 3 years. He loved that you would challenge the profs when they got out any kind of soap box and attempted to hold court.<BR/> OmcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-10679906099200201162009-04-11T18:51:00.000-07:002009-04-11T18:51:00.000-07:00Thanks, Joe! For reading, and for the comment.Thanks, Joe! For reading, and for the comment.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-90078080850249412752009-04-11T11:21:00.000-07:002009-04-11T11:21:00.000-07:00Fred, Well said. Still love reading a real smart g...Fred, Well said. Still love reading a real smart guys blog! Go out and have a beer on me and send me the bill. Joe D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com