Elle, isn't it interesting how a strict teacher (but fair) can not only teach more to a class but also get those to actually like the class and remember the subject and teacher better than a slacker teacher can? It's amazing to me how many students really seek out the "hard", strict teachers because they have more interesting classes and more well behaved classes. Of course there are always those students that try to pick the easy teachers to get the easy "A"s.
Your caricature of Kurt Vonnegut was pretty cute! He definitely has (had) interesting features. The fact that he died from a head injuries in a fall, reminds me of the Baltimore Cardinal Keeler who was in a fatal car accident last October, 2006 in Italy. He suffered a broken ankle but has had an umsteady gait since then. They discovered he had fluid on his brain and had to insert a tube into his brain yesterday to relieve the pressure. He is 76 and is doing well, reports say.
Trish
