ag5@pucc-k (Henry C. Mensch) (12/18/84)
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Well, it seems that sometimes depression sets in during this time
period after finals exams . . . I know that I'm bummed out big-time!
A good friend of mine <a professor here at Purdue> gives this
essay out to his students every semester. Michener, the author of this
essay, helps put time in perspective for the reader. For students, this
often isn't a bad idea. So, here goes:
ON WASTING TIME
We all worry about wasting time, about the years sliding past,
about what we intend to do with our lives. We shouldn't.
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"Ah, the sweet song of the morning grouch!"wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (12/21/84)
> <<>> > > Well, it seems that sometimes depression sets in during this time > period after finals exams . . . I know that I'm bummed out big-time! > > A good friend of mine <a professor here at Purdue> gives this > essay out to his students every semester. Michener, the author of this > essay, helps put time in perspective for the reader. For students, this > often isn't a bad idea. So, here goes: > > > ON WASTING TIME > > We all worry about wasting time, about the years sliding past, > about what we intend to do with our lives. We shouldn't. > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services > {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|seismo|allegra|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Ah, the sweet song of the morning grouch!" I guess Michener was trying to be succinct here... His books tend to wordiness, but are enjoyable for all that, but I really do think that this might be going a bit too far in the opposite direction. And a professor who labels this an "essay" is in for a problem with students turning in two sentences as their "essay" on some assigned topic or another. (Or maybe this is all just too subtle for me... :-) Will Martin (Long out of college, but still wasting time...)
hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick) (12/21/84)
>> ON WASTING TIME >> >> We all worry about wasting time, about the years sliding past, >> about what we intend to do with our lives. We shouldn't. >I guess Michener was trying to be succinct here... His books tend to >wordiness, but are enjoyable for all that, but I really do think that >this might be going a bit too far in the opposite direction. >And a professor who labels this an "essay" is in for a problem with >students turning in two sentences as their "essay" on some assigned >topic or another. Some recent Stanford applications (successful) included the following: Definition of courage: "This." Name the word that your friends would be most likely to use to describe you and write an essay: "Concise" And the one that we tried to get my brother to use (he got in anyway): Name the word that your friends would be most likely to use to describe you and write an essay: "Egotistical. Damn, I'm good." rick