Have to ask, how were Norwich grads? I used to teach there and I'd hate to hear the New Englanders have the same failures as elsewhere. Not going to ask about VMI, because, well, should be obvious...
Christopher Candy
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Historian/Medievalist/Teacher. 14th century Britain, Anglo-Scottish Wars, history of tech/commerce. PhD Uni of Durham (UK). Social Studies Instructor at a magnet school, former History Dept. Chair at an independent school in the South. Opinions my own.
![That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.
That’s great advice for life.
It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvbszlkc7d75ixkid5g2zmw7/bafkreiar4z6n6pfk7wob2gznv6l6euw7ltxbetgto5drfd4wqzjalldp5m)
