14-06-2013, 03:58 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:You were so lucky to have had such great teachers at that time. Pricipled men and with a talent for inspiring their students. Many have the knowledge but not the ability to pass it along or engage others with it. We need much more of this.
Magda,
Yes, it was pure luck because the war veterans of WW2 were given priority over civilian student applicants. The University of Chicago was the only school which accepted me; the other three universities I had applied to were all state universities and they rejected me because I was a civilian, not military, applicant, and I was female. There was a lot of sex discrimination in those days. Also, military applicants had the GI Bill, and the schools were required to accept them.
The male to female ratio on our campus was 2 to 1 at that time.
And Jim, who said:
Quote:As example: One teacher encouraged me to read anything and everything I desired.
That was one very smart teacher, giving you the freedom to read and to enjoy it. I can't tell how much I have learned on my own by just reading. And I have met a number of self-taught people who have become experts in their fields of interest. I think it was Aristotle who said that everyone has an overwhelming desire "to know".
Adele