[FRIAM] word of the day: "Eschatology"

[Frank Wimberly]

New Mexico

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020, 8:34 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
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> When I was on sabbatical in England and feeling Very homesick, I set about
> to draw a memory map of the United States.  I was really pleased with the
> result, and showed off with pride to my family.  One of my children pointed
> out to me that I had only 49 states.   Can you guess which one I left out?
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Smith
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 6, 2020 6:29 PM
> *To:* friam at redfish.com
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] word of the day: "Eschatology"
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> Nick -
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> One day, during geography, I raised my hand and said, “How come
> north/south America and Europe/Africa sort of *fit together?”  *General
> merriment on all sides, including the teacher’s.
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> Did she do that to YOU, also?
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> Nah, but my 4th grade teacher drew her own maps on mimeograph.  When we
> were studying Europe, she left out Switzerland.   When she handed out the
> unmarked maps as homework and asked us to fill in the country names and
> place/identify their capitals, I noticed she had left out Switzerland!   I
> raised my hand, waited for her to call on me, then politely (or possibly
> too eagerly) asked "Where is Switzerland?".   I don't remember what
> happened next... but she basically told me to "shut up".   I did.   But I
> did not do *any more* Geography homework (or at least her hand-drawn map)
> assignments for the rest of the year.
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> When I flunked (who gets an F in a class in 4th grade?) the class, my
> parents intervened and made the deal with her that she would pass me
> if/when I did all the homework that summer.   It grated the hell out of me,
> but I remember whipping out the whole year of assignments in the first week
> (or so) because we didn't not do what our parents told us to, even if we
> sometimes didn't do what our teachers told us to do.  I had, after all,
> paid attention in class and *read the book* as I was as fascinated with
> geography as anything else...   I held the line on the
> Europe-sans-Switzerland assignment and my parents acquiesced.  I *LIKE* to
> think that Ms. McCarty was more careful with her maps after I (innocently)
> asked her about "Switzerland?".
>
> Later she told me to shut up when she was teaching "weather" and my father
> had just shown me (he took daily meteorological readings at the USFS
> offices)  about wet-bulb temperature and even alcohol thermometers (which
> are preferred over mercury ones for very low temperature use)...  the "shut
> up" came when I raised my hand and asked if the thermometer she was showing
> us was mercury or alcohol.   I think she said "there is no such thing"
> before she told me to shut up.   I don't know why she ever called on me,
> but then one could ask why I ever bothered to raise my hand.   I think I
> did cut way back on that as the year progressed.
>
> Did your first grade teacher break a ruler on your knuckles for having bad
> penmanship (age 6) ?   And I didn't even go to Catholic School!  Her name
> was Mrs. Hay and *should have been* a Nun...
>
> - Steve
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