Word: wonder
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After putting down The Discipline of Hope, master educator Herbert Kohl's memoir of his thirty-year plight to reorganize education in the United States from the ground up, one can't help but wonder how to categorize the work. Is it a disheartening account of the state of public schools in New York and California, a disparaging, almost Biblical example of a pedagogue martyred for his outspoken support for children's rights, or the uplifting autobiography of a man who turned the complacent public education system on its ear? The simplest answer is that it is a synthesis...
...philosophical ramblings begin to take on a preachy tone which descends into irritating evangelism. In the end, ghost-jock Jared returns to heal his lost friends one by one, bringing them hope for the future and divulging the meaning of life. It's difficult not to stop and wonder just why exactly a dead, nymphomaniac football jock is floating through walls, healing the wounded, impregnating women and then unloading on us the meaning of existence?--surely you are joking, Mr. Coupland...
Everyone around me seems to be working especially hard, reflecting on the past "week of hell" and preparing their rattled psyches for the one coming. I wonder if these people who call their lives here hell are really enjoying themselves, really appreciating their educations, really gleaning all they can from Harvard...
...senators, governors, ambassadors and even presidents, you are greeted with handshakes, smiles and talk of people you may have never even heard of in your life. As if the situation were not intimidating enough, you suddenly realize that you are wearing that bright orange sign. You look around and wonder, "What are they thinking when they look at me? Will I be able to be one of them? Why do I want to put myself in such an uncomfortable situation...
...last-minute ritual, too. But there is one final thing to remember: the tickets. Those airline tickets, which were received three months ago from faraway parents, are now nowhere to be found. As one stresses out in the last few minutes before the flight departure, one has to wonder whether there is an easier way to get home. Karen Kennedy, a representative of Delta Airlines, gives a resounding "yes" when she says the answer can be found in "the new wave in ticketing...