[Magdalen] US Higher Education

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The fact that we would never do such a thing is, I think, one reason that
this dream is so powerful and so common among a lot of my friends.

I have this dream that I am late for a Reserves drill, and often cannot
find the place, and then realize I am not in uniform.  As I gradually wake
up, it finally comes to me that I not only do not have to make that
formation, I have not been in uniform for a long time.  Then I think, "OMG,
I'm SOOO glad I'm not in the Army!"

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 1/11/2015 2:19:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
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> For some  subjects, true. The chemistry courses I taught usually had a lab,
> which  one had to attend to get a grade. I did had one student at the
> Community  College who never came to lab, but aced all the tests - she got
> a
> B-, due  to zeroes for lab grades. At Bridgewater State, the rule was, miss
> three  labs and you automatically fail the course.>>>>
>
> Higher education can leave a subconscious impact.
>
> I have this recurrent dream, perhaps twice a year, about signing up
> for an undergraduate college or even medical school course, and
> for unknown reasons, never show up for the course.
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> Then comes the final exam for the course, and I begin to get
> worried.  At this point I wake up.
>
> This is so weird because I NEVER ever enrolled in a college course
> of any kind and then failed to show up in the classroom.  I  could
> not take chance on such a maneuver, since I needed nearly a 4 point
> record to get into medical school.
>
> Yet this odd scenario repeats every now and then.
>
>
> David Strang.
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