Great stuff. Really enjoyed reading this. And so much else of your work. It says a lot about you as a great kind of friend to write this. And I can sense how painstaking it is to do so. God bless.
1 - umm, what are the odds the C+ was mainly for eloquent defence of the wrong answers?
2 - The transition in the first para (after the quotation) in which you switch your normal style as an observer ("we", "he") to to that of a participant, "I", is rather abrupt and jarring. Given that this is mostly a participant's story you may want to revisit the opening sentences.
Much later you write "We didn’t know anything, though we knew we didn’t know anything". Put an extra "didn't" in (and change knew to know) and that might go on a few gravestones, but as an introduction to the remembrance of things past the idea as you have it might work well here.
3 - A bit later you write: "But here’s the thing: some of these “lesser qualified” professors were superior teachers and more interesting intellects than the more conventionally qualified recent Ph.Ds" . Yes, and it's my perception that, at least since the late 1980s, nearly every breakthrough idea in math and the sciences has originated with unknowns at second and third rate institutions - with credit, funding, and acceptance coming only after the ideas get transmogrified (then mostly through student mobility, now usually via pre-pub servers and e-collaborations) to people at better known institutions.
4 - so far so good.. I assume you know you want to do this? personally I believe we can't go back to, or makeup for, lost times and wouldn't want to try - bear in mind some of these go 1.25 million words.
"How many students are at Ohio State? Perhaps 1 in 100." I was instantly reminded of my High School French teacher, Madame Edna Royal. She asked me one day whether I aspired to be a student, in French "eleve" or "un pupil". I was confused at first and she expounded at length on the difference. Needles to say I became "une eleve" I admire your writing as much as your friendship with Kelly. May he rest in peace and may you find solace in your memories.
Thank you, Professor Hayward, for giving your followers a rare, intimate insight into who you are, how you came to be and the steel that sharpened you.
Steve, I really liked this. After reading you on Power Line all these years, I had no idea about your Christian faith. I found it interesting that you cited only one Jesuit writer: Gerald Manly Hopkins.
This is a superb piece: it's gracefully-written and eminently readable; I learned quite a lot from reading it; it's inspirational; and it left me wanting more. Thanks very much for posting it, and I hope you will continue.
If I may be so bold, I noticed a typo you should address before you formally publish this. It's in the following:
"(In a sentence, it might he said that if the problem with K-12 education is Common Core, the problem with higher education is Hollow Core.)"
I too remember the days from ages past when I would wander the library stacks for specific research material and walk out with other supplementary, serendipitous material. That was exciting!
Just a taste isn’t fair. Please finish the whole book!
Great stuff. Really enjoyed reading this. And so much else of your work. It says a lot about you as a great kind of friend to write this. And I can sense how painstaking it is to do so. God bless.
Wonderful piece, Steve! Looking forward to further installments, in the Dickens tradition.
1 - umm, what are the odds the C+ was mainly for eloquent defence of the wrong answers?
2 - The transition in the first para (after the quotation) in which you switch your normal style as an observer ("we", "he") to to that of a participant, "I", is rather abrupt and jarring. Given that this is mostly a participant's story you may want to revisit the opening sentences.
Much later you write "We didn’t know anything, though we knew we didn’t know anything". Put an extra "didn't" in (and change knew to know) and that might go on a few gravestones, but as an introduction to the remembrance of things past the idea as you have it might work well here.
3 - A bit later you write: "But here’s the thing: some of these “lesser qualified” professors were superior teachers and more interesting intellects than the more conventionally qualified recent Ph.Ds" . Yes, and it's my perception that, at least since the late 1980s, nearly every breakthrough idea in math and the sciences has originated with unknowns at second and third rate institutions - with credit, funding, and acceptance coming only after the ideas get transmogrified (then mostly through student mobility, now usually via pre-pub servers and e-collaborations) to people at better known institutions.
4 - so far so good.. I assume you know you want to do this? personally I believe we can't go back to, or makeup for, lost times and wouldn't want to try - bear in mind some of these go 1.25 million words.
Awesome. Just read Chapter 1 and now came back for Chapter 2.
Attaboy.
Really good.
Keep going.
I was hooked on the story from the first paragraph. Next installment soon, please!
"How many students are at Ohio State? Perhaps 1 in 100." I was instantly reminded of my High School French teacher, Madame Edna Royal. She asked me one day whether I aspired to be a student, in French "eleve" or "un pupil". I was confused at first and she expounded at length on the difference. Needles to say I became "une eleve" I admire your writing as much as your friendship with Kelly. May he rest in peace and may you find solace in your memories.
Thank you, Professor Hayward, for giving your followers a rare, intimate insight into who you are, how you came to be and the steel that sharpened you.
Well. That's quite a teaser. Bravo. I will have to acquaint myself with Kelly Clark, through your eyes and pen, when you publish the whole thing.
Wow, thank you
Steve, I really liked this. After reading you on Power Line all these years, I had no idea about your Christian faith. I found it interesting that you cited only one Jesuit writer: Gerald Manly Hopkins.
This is a superb piece: it's gracefully-written and eminently readable; I learned quite a lot from reading it; it's inspirational; and it left me wanting more. Thanks very much for posting it, and I hope you will continue.
If I may be so bold, I noticed a typo you should address before you formally publish this. It's in the following:
"(In a sentence, it might he said that if the problem with K-12 education is Common Core, the problem with higher education is Hollow Core.)"
It should read 'it might be said'.
I too remember the days from ages past when I would wander the library stacks for specific research material and walk out with other supplementary, serendipitous material. That was exciting!