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Date Posted: Sun, 11/24/02 2:01pm
Author: Steve Russell
Subject: Re: irons in da fire
In reply to: tso 's message, "Re: irons in da fire" on Sun, 11/24/02 11:04am

I read War and Peace in the 8th grade because my teacher told me it was over my head.

It was, of course.

I started playing serious hooky in the 3d grade and did so regularly until I finally escaped in the 9th. I owe my education to my grandparents, who did not believe I was dumb in spite of what the school said, and to the Bristow, Oklahoma, public library, where the librarian was good enough not to turn my young ass in and also to put up with my odd choices, such as reading by shelf rather than by topic.

There was very little I was not interested in, and that remains the case today. I currently have about a dozen books open face down or with page markers in them. The only things I tend to read straight through are mysteries--I'm a sucker for Hillerman.

Right now, just the ones at home:
2 sociology
1 economics
1 law (which I got for free on a promise to review it)
1 autobiography (of a drama critic)
2 anthropology
3 Indian studies from various perspectives

I also subscribe to Dr. Dictionary, who sends me a new word every day, but I have only learned about one new one every two weeks. Crepuscular. Struthious. Pukka.

So I guess when I was a little kid I was a pukka intellectual but the schools in Oklahoma say Indian kids belong in shop classes....

Steve

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