tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1057141452702451735..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Godspeed My Friend." From Dutch Just Outside Davis...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29993795454089238432016-01-25T04:07:18.244-05:002016-01-25T04:07:18.244-05:00The answer may be that there's nothing we can ...The answer may be that there's nothing we can do. This guy is one of those rarest of creatures: a successful poet. Those need to be self-motivated, much like successful astronomers.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82848430111458685212016-01-24T15:10:36.548-05:002016-01-24T15:10:36.548-05:00He was clearly wide awake, alive, and hungry.
Ind...<i>He was clearly wide awake, alive, and hungry.</i><br /><br />Indeed. Not to mention someone who had a lot to contribute to current conversations about immigration, poverty, and opportunity. Definitely a loss. I'm sorry, Dutch. At least he will live on in his work (both texts written and students taught). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64562546066269602032016-01-23T15:45:31.849-05:002016-01-23T15:45:31.849-05:00How do we get our students, who squander every opp...How do we get our students, who squander every opportunity we make for them as they sleepwalk while avoiding life, to be more like this guy? He was clearly wide awake, alive, and hungry.<br /><br />(The answer isn't that I should be making better or different opportunities, since they are exactly what my students tell me they want.)Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com