Friday Five

From the Friday Five:

1) What was your first day of school like?

I can't remember back that far. There seemed to be some sort of ritual involving learning each other's names. And letters. But I knew my letters.

2) What was the last day you attended school like?

The last time I "went to school" I was auditing a course on the history of music. Great teacher, great class.

3) Have you had a teacher who really influenced you?

My Humanities teacher in high school influenced me profoundly. I can thank him for my love of fifteenth-century history, classical art and sculpture, Hitchcock, and pulp mysteries.

4) What was the first school you attended?

Something or Other Elementary School in Enid, Oklahoma.

5) To you, is college important?

I think it's a chance for young adults to learn what they're good at and what they're not, to explore fields they might not have considered for their future, to gather skills (critical thinking! writing persuasive essays!), to make friends, to be exposed to people and cultures other than their own, and to practice growing up. So yes, I think it's important.