Cleaning up — relatives coming — and found my notebook from my year of student teaching. Taped on it were three items:

1. Doonesbury: Passages of Parenthood
the day he’s born
the first day of school
the day he finally leaves home
the day he moves back.

2. An Overboard cartoon that begins “think they had any trouble finding replacements ?” and ends with a picture of two gorillas staring off into the midst.

3. A brilliant bill watterson cartoon featuring the following monologue:

I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Want to see my book report?

“the dynamics of interbeing and monological imperatives in Dick and Jane: A study in psychic transrelational gender modes.”

Academia here I come!

4. A Philadelphia Ranger Corps sticker, a “Die yuppie scum sticker”, a Walt Mink sticker, and a political sticker reading “A heartbeat away…Quayle or gore? Elect Clinton President.”