An enjoyable, funny and all too true read is Richard Russo’s Straight Man.
If you are any type of teacher, you will probably love this book!
How does one apply William of Occam’s rational approach (choose simplicity) to each every situation one encounters? Especially with a college faculty.
I recognized and work with all the characters in this book, and you will too! It will make you laugh… trust me!
I have been collecting all the great books since most “institutions of higher learning” have been trying to dispense with this “canon of racist rubbish”. And now the so-called common people have not heard of these works in a generation or more.
I find the ancient truths that still apply today much more than the untested literature and multi-cultural curriculum now that is so “trendy”. None of us have anything against studying other cultures, however it should not replace the western canon. Everything; grades,education, productivity, have declined since we have decided to replace something that has always worked for us, with something that doesn’t work for anyone.
