tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37410885.post1673675709859180131..comments2023-07-30T05:57:48.256-04:00Comments on Gospel of the Living Dead: Funnier PostKPaffenrothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02323273575993522455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37410885.post-23902585009198746132009-03-09T18:41:00.000-04:002009-03-09T18:41:00.000-04:00Well, MattC, somewhere down there, there's some de...Well, MattC, somewhere down there, there's some deep ambivalence about the experience (which I've known for a long time, even at the conscious level). I suppose that's the enduring difference of having an unusual college experience - be it SJC or USMA or a deeply religious school - they fill you with a lot of conflicted emotions, the way a family member often does. I can't imagine feeling conflicted over SUNY or Rutgers - I might think I made the wrong choice, or be very happy with the choice, but I don't think there'd be strong feelings either way. At an unusual school there are strong feelings BOTH ways!KPaffenrothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02323273575993522455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37410885.post-10355426002277859892009-03-09T18:36:00.000-04:002009-03-09T18:36:00.000-04:00Now, why didn't I know you went to St. John's Coll...Now, why didn't I know you went to St. John's College? I've been fascinated for years with that institution's major place in the history of the 20th century's higher education wars. Back in the late 80s and early 90s I was reading a lot of stuff by and about Mortimer Adler, Robert Hutchins, Stringfellow Barr, and Scott Buchanan. Plus some Allan Bloom. You know, the whole Great Books subculture. And of course I was fascinated each time I reread ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE and saw Pirsig talking about his own tumultuous encounters with this world of ideas. So this is all to say that I'm fascinated and somewhat envious of your St. John's College experience.Matt Cardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03993151671534751229noreply@blogger.com