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A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing: Six Hundred Wise and Witty Observations for Students, Teachers and Other Survivors of Higher Education
A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing Six Hundred Wise and Witty Observations for Students Teachers and Other Survivors of Higher Education Author:James Charlton (Editor) Whether you're true to your school or just the one paying the tuition bills, this collection of 600 erudite and irreverent observations--from such notables as Mark Twain, Bob Dylan, Albert Einstein, Calvin Trillin, James Thurber, John F. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Carroll, H. L. Mencken, Will Rogers, Woody Allen, Dorothy Parker, Dan Quayl... more »e, and hundreds of others--is sure to make the grade. 24 line illustrations.
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
"If law school is so hard to get through, how come there are so many lawyers?"
"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards."
Topics include grammar lessons, late-night study sessions, unforgettable professors, parochial and private schools, college sports, SAT exams, tuition bills, the Ivy league, and the joys of graduation day.« less