Tests today. I used to tell my students that life was full of intelligence tests. Like what do you do when it rains? That’s a test of intelligence. They pooh-poohed me, of course, but after a couple of them nearly drowned while looking up during a storm, most agreed with my proposition. And I resisted [...]

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Swing low, little chariot.
Near enough the ground that we can see
Who pulls those reins
And swings behind the tree
That those engines pull.
I heard from a man about another land
I heard what it could be
If we’d go there, well, at last
We could be free
And we’d be full.

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