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Submitted by stevenl on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 6:48am.
This one took place in Fall quarter 1976. We were in a group contract called "The Founding Period." The program was an Evergreen version of a pre-law course. We were studying the philosophical underpinnings, theory, and reality of the United States Constitution.

 

There were two very different types of students in this group. First, there were the future attorneys. Serious-minded students who knew exactly where they were going and had their grad schools picked out. And secondly, there were the rest of us-- drifting humanities-liberal arts-look-out-the-window daydreamers. I have mentioned I was not the world's greatest student, haven't I?

Here's how I was able to identify who was who among my fellow pupils. We attended a guest lecture by faculty member Alan Nasser. I think the topic was "logical thinking" or something like that. Anyway, he opened up the talk with the statement, "By the time I am through with you, your minds will become steel traps!"

And all the drifting humanities-liberal arts-look-out-the-window daydreamers slapped their palms on the tops of their craniums and in unison yelled out, "Noooooooooooo!!!"

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