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Originally Posted by Rowlf
How many of you lot recall standing outside her study trembling ?
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Not me dahlin'


But I do remember that I made Ben Johnson's hit

list more than once. The list began: "The following boys will see me in my study."

He's the guy who told me that I was definitely NOT university bound. I'd just love to send him a note, and sign it: Dr. E. Slater, B.Ed., B.A.(Hons.) (Sask.), M.A., Ph.D. (Queen's). Anyone out there know the postal code for Hell?
The more I think about this thread, the more I conclude that what is being lost today is a lot of which defines us as a species. Two things that make us so successful are creativity and the willingness to take risks ... a love of play and a sense of humour are right up there too. Now, the generations coming up are willing, even eager, to let others do the creativity thing for them ... video games are a prime example. Don't get me wrong here; I'm no Luddite. I kinda like my X Box and games. And I do admire the creativity that is part of their construction ... but it ain't my creativity. When I play, I'm nothing more than a button pusher. And risk? Now we have Health and Safety ... we've traded "playing out" for obesity.

And we sit in front of our flat screens and get our "thrills" from watching others take risks, (Check out the Winter Olympics ... I have a feeling you will be sick of hearing "O Canada" by the time the games are over), or watch action movies with lots of stunts. And is it just me, or is the divinding line between video games and movies becoming kinda blurred?
Enough ranting ... there is snow to shovel.
