From mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu Sat Dec 30 12:00:39 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id MAA49938 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:00:39 -0800 Received: from MAPLE.lemoyne.edu (maple.lemoyne.edu [192.231.122.100]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id MAA06897 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:00:38 -0800 Received: from maple.lemoyne.edu by maple.lemoyne.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #33655) id <01JYBIEZLE8G00387B@maple.lemoyne.edu> for CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU; Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:00:18 EDT Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 15:00:18 -0400 (EDT) From: John McMahon Subject: sub rosa To: CLASSICS@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Scripsit EG: > The solution sounds like a job for Super Classicist, who might > have some chance, sub rosa, of smuggling some modicum of analytical > thinking into the curriculum, under the radar of the ever vigilant > elites, who would greet such a subversive element with horror, if they > ever detected it. Actually, the most subversive thing one can do in this system/ culture is to buy as little as possible. (I've been telling my students that for years ... but you've gotta' be careful at the high school level, believe me.) John M. McMahon "Life is enriched by aspiration Associate Professor of Classics and effort, rather than by Le Moyne College acquisition and accumulation." 1419 Salt Springs Rd. - Scott and Helen Nearing Syracuse, NY 13214-1399 (315) 445-4730 mcmahon@maple.lemoyne.edu http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~mcmahon/index.html .