06-APR-A-8
TWO
REACTIONS TO MY PROPOSAL TO TEACH STUDENTS IN THIRD WORLD SETTINGS
From: <rwcroskery@fuse.net>
To: Glenn Geelhoed <msdgwg@gwumc.edu>
Date: 4/10/2006 7:54:19 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Thanks
Amen! to those sentiments!
RWC
‑‑‑‑ Glenn Geelhoed
<msdgwg@gwumc.edu> wrote:
> Here is Steve Miner's hope for meeting you. Recall that he is the
> Virginia County administrator lawyer who had the
fox hunting wife and
> was the landowner for the Culpeper Hunt. I hope you can meet him later
> and was touched by his note here, which was added
to his prior comment
> when asked in his Comps Team‑‑"How
would you describe your Hotel roomate
> and Comps Team mate?" He said "He is the only person I know
with no
> vile habits."
>
> You know better.
>
> GW
>
>
> >>> <Sminer11@aol.com> 4/9/2006
9:37:39 PM >>>
> Glen,
>
> Thank you so much for sharing your life and your
thoughts with me over
> the
> last week.
I am quite sure that without your critical, insightful and
>
> incisive abilities, I would not have been
challenged to dredge up what
> few
> worthwhile thoughts I may have contributed to our
effort.
>
> I thoroughly enjoyed hearing your life
story. I was, in fact, vastly
>
> relieved to know that someone of your obvious mental qualities chose
> to use that
> magnificent ability to place value on something of higher worth than
> mere
> riches.
Your students are particularly
fortunate, I would think.
>
> By the way, my soon to be former brother‑in‑law,
the "making more money
> than
> God" cardiac surgeon in Connecticut, often
complained of his work,
> comparing
> it to "assembly line" medicine, as he
married and remarried and bought
>
> sailing boats and houses in So. Dartmouth. He never once went to
> Africa or taught
> a student.
I am significantly more moved with your
approach. I hope
> your
> study goes well ‑ I would far rather see a
world where students can
> test
> themselves and their still unknown talents in
a real world of need and
> genuine
> appreciation.
>
> I look forward to continuing our friendship next
month. Hopefully, I
> will
> get the opportunity to meet Virginia at that
time.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Steve