tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15843479.post5649134553733403036..comments2023-09-11T01:59:23.810-07:00Comments on Sierra Highlands: HighlightsWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15843479.post-28794346537268022042008-09-09T07:39:00.000-07:002008-09-09T07:39:00.000-07:00I like that about the long sentences. I'm another...I like that about the long sentences. I'm another one who tends to write with multiple parenthetical interpolations. <BR/><BR/>I think that reading Cradles of Eminence in itself can give a person a case of the blues, especially in some of the more dysfunctional chapters. I experienced that both times I read it. So, don't be embarrassed to give it a rest for emotional recovery purposes. <BR/><BR/>Like you, I managed to do a lot of daydreaming in school, and a lot of learning on my own after school. But I do think that by the time I graduated, I had some elephant-like tendencies that it took a long time to unlearn. <BR/><BR/>Is the hardship of school a good thing? I think that's what people mean when they say, "I went to school and I turned out just fine." They are remembering that they overcame some kind of adversity there. That might be good in some cases, but what makes one person, breaks another, and besides, my husband is given to responding, "The fact that you think you turned out okay only confirms my point quite well." (How he gets away with this, I don't know.) At any rate, I think that in the case of these future-eminent children, the mold was set before they ever started school.Laura Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168905598871608315noreply@blogger.com