Suburban Naiveness

When I was in 6th grade, I remember being taken out of class in order to take a test.  I don’t remember much about the test, except that it seemed kind of fun, and that it also did not seem very hard.  I remember later that year finding out that based on the results of [...]

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Fyodor Dostoevsky and the “crown of life”

I’ve been reading a lot lately.  It has been really nice.  Being in a new place where you don’t know very many people, while working a schedule that tends to discourage normal social interactions provides you with that blessing.  I am hoping that I will take ample advantage of it now, because there may come [...]

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