Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Posted by Mickey Z on 11/26 at 09:34 PM

Herman Hesse will always have the distinction of being the one author who turned my head around… when I was required to read his work, Siddhartha, by my high school English teacher. Mr. Greenhouse didn’t think that I “got it” the first go-round, so I was required to reread the book another two times, before I realized what he meant by “getting it.” Thanks to Mr. Greenhouse and Mr. Hesse, my life has been a most atypical journey ever since.

Posted by Nader Rider on from 11/28 at 07:00 PM

Same for me Nader Rider. Thanks for sharing this. Siddhartha was most influential when I was in h.s. and at uni.

Posted by Jay Vos on from Burlington, VT, USA 11/30 at 10:59 AM

My experience with Mr. Greenhouse taught me something significant about educational systems too. It’s not the system (public versus private) that really matters, but the teachers that can be found in both. I was fortunate to have a couple of teachers in the public system who challeneged me to think critically and reflectively. I look for the same kind of teachers now for my daughter, regardless of the system. There is a Socrates hiding in every system, if you care to look for him or her.

Posted by Nader Rider on from 11/30 at 11:10 AM

“There is a Socrates hiding in every system.”

Thanks for that, NR.

Posted by Mickey Z. on from 11/30 at 12:33 PM