Re: OK, that went over well. How about...

From: Doug and Shawn (geomitch1@PRODIGY.NET)
Date: Tue Aug 14 2001 - 23:05:30 EDT


Speaking of syllabi...
Anyone doing anything interesting, reckless, off-the-beaten-track, etc.,
with WP this coming semester/year? Personally, I will be slogging through
four sections of comp and lower level lit this time, so Percy is not on the
horizon until spring at the earliest. But I'd like to hear what other folks
are up to.
Best,
doug mitchell

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Alan Beck" <dabeck@IUPUI.EDU>
To: <PERCY-L@listserv.lsu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: OK, that went over well. How about...

> Jim,
> I agree to a point. At the same time, however, I hope to gain more from
> this listserv than the liberal cliches and critiques about Bush, Gore, and
> the rest of them. I may be disapointed in Bush's performance, but I don't
> see where a one-sided, narrow-minded bush-slamming is appropriate to this
> listserv (not that I'm in charge). Wade's "arguments" contain holes large
> enough to drive a through, but I, for one, don't have the energy or desire
> to "wade" through the crap (or, in Lance's terms, shovel out the shit).
> These discussions are a dime a dozen, and I'd rather discuss something
> (Percy related perhaps?) that has more to do with my life and my students'
> lives. Making absurd comments about K. harris and George W. is fine for
> humor sake, but I get the feeling Wade wants us to take his "arguments"
> seriously (maybe that is a mistake on my part), which is hard for any
> thinking person to do.
>
> Enough. I'm out of here. I have four syllabi to compose.
>
> David Beck
>
> "The only true joy on earth is to escape from the
> prison of our false self, and enter by love into union
> with the Life Who dwells and sings within the essence of
> every creature and in the core of our own souls."
>
> -Thomas Merton
>



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