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Rhythms and Rhymes

Ruminating on the rationale and ruse of higher education, and the rhythms and cycles of nature and life.

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JD Breen
Sep 15, 2022
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Auburn, AL

September 15, 2022

Mark Twain said that while history doesn’t repeat, it often rhymes. Today the stanza and meter brought back memories.

My younger son is a senior in high school. He’s taken his tests, compiled his grades, and is applying to college. Our elder son went thru the same process three years (and another world) ago.

At the time, he wan…

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