Comments on: WordsDay: My literary debt to Jesse Helms http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Fern Ragan http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-48989 Fern Ragan Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:00:06 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-48989 How great to be "connected" still with one of my very favorite students ever! Jesse did one great something...he made YOU want to be an English teacher! The reason you were such a scholar, Jim, is that you went to the library on your own to look up a poem mentioned in a newspaper! You used the library because you wanted to learn; and you asked your teacher questions...students like you made my life challenging and fun! Forty-two years as an English teacher with the honor of working with gifted students was a wonderful career. I feel blessed and thankful every day for the years I spent at Morehead High School. Thank you always for feeding my ego...but most especially for remembering years later what I taught you. Didn't we love studying Edgar Allan Poe, mythology, Shakespeare, and all those great poets? My 9th Graders were always special to me because I had virgin soil in which to plant the seeds of learning! Most of my career I taught sophisticated Advanced Placement 11th and 12th graders who had to make 4's and 5's on the AP Exam. Back in the 70's with my brilliant group who stayed with me for four years of high school...now that was real teaching! Thank you for being a part of it and for loving me back! How great to be “connected” still with one of my very favorite students ever! Jesse did one great something…he made YOU want to be an English teacher! The reason you were such a scholar, Jim, is that you went to the library on your own to look up a poem mentioned in a newspaper! You used the library because you wanted to learn; and you asked your teacher questions…students like you made my life challenging and fun! Forty-two years as an English teacher with the honor of working with gifted students was a wonderful career. I feel blessed and thankful every day for the years I spent at Morehead High School. Thank you always for feeding my ego…but most especially for remembering years later what I taught you. Didn’t we love studying Edgar Allan Poe, mythology, Shakespeare, and all those great poets? My 9th Graders were always special to me because I had virgin soil in which to plant the seeds of learning! Most of my career I taught sophisticated Advanced Placement 11th and 12th graders who had to make 4’s and 5’s on the AP Exam. Back in the 70’s with my brilliant group who stayed with me for four years of high school…now that was real teaching! Thank you for being a part of it and for loving me back!

]]> By: 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-47353 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:15:18 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-47353 <strong>Barack Obama Adultery and Bigamy!...</strong> Not really. But can you imagine the news coverage if it was true?!? It would be huge. It's not, however, something I concocted from thin air. The story is true, only John McCain is the guy who cheated on his...... Barack Obama Adultery and Bigamy!…

Not really. But can you imagine the news coverage if it was true?!? It would be huge. It’s not, however, something I concocted from thin air. The story is true, only John McCain is the guy who cheated on his……

]]> By: Jim Booth http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-47352 Jim Booth Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:11:29 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-47352 Russ: 1) You owe yourself the pleasure of the full Marvell poem. It's readily available. Just Google. :-) 2) Thanks for the kind words about "Mary Laine." You can download it free.... ;-) Russ:

1) You owe yourself the pleasure of the full Marvell poem. It’s readily available. Just Google. :-)

2) Thanks for the kind words about “Mary Laine.” You can download it free…. ;-)

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-47311 Russ Wellen Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:55:45 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-47311 <BLOCKQUOTE>The grave’s a fine and private place, But none I think do there embrace.</BLOCKQUOTE> Never read that Marvell poem. Can't believe how droll he is. But, no, it's not the best approach to a pick-up. Also, like "Mary Laine."

The grave’s a fine and private place,
But none I think do there embrace.

Never read that Marvell poem. Can’t believe how droll he is. But, no, it’s not the best approach to a pick-up.

Also, like “Mary Laine.”

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-47011 Dr. Slammy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:47:51 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-47011 Bono sought Jesse out for the rawest of political reasons. Helms was in a position to do something so Bono held his nose on behalf of a cause. They say politics make for strange bedfellows, and this was arguably the strangest pairing in history. I admire Bono's ... willpower. Not sure I could have suppressed the urge to jump the bastard and choke him to death. Bono sought Jesse out for the rawest of political reasons. Helms was in a position to do something so Bono held his nose on behalf of a cause.

They say politics make for strange bedfellows, and this was arguably the strangest pairing in history. I admire Bono’s … willpower. Not sure I could have suppressed the urge to jump the bastard and choke him to death.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-47004 Elaine Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:28:52 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-47004 Actually that poem rightly conveys the message that time and tide waits for none. ;) It has been interesting and informative reading up on J H. In many ways he was a most unpleasant person. I was surprised to learn that Bono sought him out. 1966 was a good year for me...I opened my eyes for the first time in the Autumn. ;) Actually that poem rightly conveys the message that time and tide waits for none. ;)

It has been interesting and informative reading up on J H. In many ways he was a most unpleasant person. I was surprised to learn that Bono sought him out.

1966 was a good year for me…I opened my eyes for the first time in the Autumn. ;)

]]> By: Jim Booth http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-46977 Jim Booth Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:55:44 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-46977 Euphrosyne: Mrs. Ragan was and is a great teacher. And having spent some years as a H.S. English teacher myself before fleeing to the posh life in the university, I got nothing but respect for those who work in our school systems.... Euphrosyne: Mrs. Ragan was and is a great teacher. And having spent some years as a H.S. English teacher myself before fleeing to the posh life in the university, I got nothing but respect for those who work in our school systems….

]]> By: Jim Booth http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-46976 Jim Booth Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:45:32 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-46976 Marvell, as you probably remember, was John Milton's under-secretary when Milton was Latin Secretary (think Secretary of State) for Oliver Cromwell's Puritan Protectorate. Marvell was a good Puritan boy himself - just of a more enlightened sort that his 20th century critic.... Marvell, as you probably remember, was John Milton’s under-secretary when Milton was Latin Secretary (think Secretary of State) for Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan Protectorate. Marvell was a good Puritan boy himself – just of a more enlightened sort that his 20th century critic….

]]> By: Euphrosyne http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-46975 Euphrosyne Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:45:05 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-46975 Ha! Score another one for the civilizing influence of the high school English teacher... and the power of sex to vanquish the prurient Puritans obsessed with controlling everyone else's hearts and minds. Good one, Mr. Beatle Booth. Ha! Score another one for the civilizing influence of the high school English teacher… and the power of sex to vanquish the prurient Puritans obsessed with controlling everyone else’s hearts and minds.

Good one, Mr. Beatle Booth.

]]> By: Dr. Slammy http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/07/10/wordsday-my-literary-debt-to-jesse-helms/comment-page-1/#comment-46974 Dr. Slammy Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:29:47 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2398#comment-46974 I never realized that I owed my familiarity with the poem, even indirectly, to that hateful bastard. If I recall correctly, Marvel wasn't entirely unacquainted with Puritans was he? I never realized that I owed my familiarity with the poem, even indirectly, to that hateful bastard.

If I recall correctly, Marvel wasn’t entirely unacquainted with Puritans was he?

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