Re: http://www.postmodern.com/.../babel-list.9708

[JP Jacob <jpjacob>]

364327 - Marry Gregg wrote:

> gosh... another obsession (this site)... (just what i need!...)
> i found this site while helping my son research the aftermath of
> patti's summerstage concert... we were on a trip to new york and
> saw the show totally by accident!... just by being in the right
> place...etc...
> (any of you out there still believe that "accident" / "right place at
> right time" stuff?)...
> he began research for his zine and i helped (kind of like shake 'n
> bake)...
> now i "find myself" in kansas (visiting same son)...  and burroughs is
> gone...
> burroughs was / is the reason my mom came frighteningly close to
> snatching me out of that "one class / teacher in high school" that
> actually taught us something... (that in some cases changed our lives)
>
> the teacher wanted me to read naked lunch... my mom didn't!...
> i did... so there!...
> now i'm the "teacher" (first waldorf position begins 1/98)... and will
> begin
> the process of "spoonfeeding" the great writers of the 20th century
> and beyond... burroughs will be there!...
> ahhh... the freedom of private education...
> mgcg


That's some interesting mix, Burroughs and Steiner. I don't know...

John
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