tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post6886764466173149965..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Role ModelsOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-82928087817920656692014-08-22T17:54:06.249-04:002014-08-22T17:54:06.249-04:00I see the earlier reply just came up. ???? Compute...I see the earlier reply just came up. ???? Computers are weird. Sorry!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558260338780425291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25407930544446143212014-08-22T17:52:00.747-04:002014-08-22T17:52:00.747-04:00My only reply now is that I have replied three tim...My only reply now is that I have replied three times with slightly different replies and that last time I was told that I was published. I even proved I was not a robot. Clearly I am doing something wrong. So perhaps you can tell me step-by-step how to do this right. Hit this and then hit that. . . . I really found it fascinating to think about the role my parents had in my education, work, and life. And if I can do it right, I will try again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558260338780425291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-60704111191279372982014-08-22T17:43:06.881-04:002014-08-22T17:43:06.881-04:00My parents were not role models as such but they w...My parents were not role models as such but they were determined that I become what they would calll cultured. Factory workers, they saw education as a way up for me and my brother, who both have PhDs. We received books for presents. I was taken to the theater and ballets when the family budget made it possible but it was my mother who took me while my father thought these experiences would confer "class" where I was concerned. He was so smart he had been skipped four grades in elementary school and too young in high school, dropped out and hitched rides on trains across the country. He did encourage my love of nineteenth-century Russian music and ballet but largely for political reasons. And for the same reasons instilled in me my interest in folklore--the art of the people. I guess I will never forget the apolectic fit thrown by the professor in my music appreciation course in my freshman year at college when I said that Tchaikovsky was greater than Mozart because he appealed to more people. I would never say that now, having become a Mozart lover. My mother's influence was less narrow. She was always reading, mostly mysteries. Hence my presence as a responder on MIE blogs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558260338780425291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4026588647491494372014-08-22T04:58:28.278-04:002014-08-22T04:58:28.278-04:00How fortunate you were to have your grandfather --...How fortunate you were to have your grandfather -- and his lovely bookcase of books.<br /><br />Yes, it's awful for children without role models, but also those who don't have adults in their lives to introduce them to books and the love of books.<br /><br />I see the neighbors' children already loving books; it makes me so happy knowing that I have contributed to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34544398329911192872014-08-21T06:41:57.315-04:002014-08-21T06:41:57.315-04:00I'm so jealous, Stan. Three MIErs (including ...I'm so jealous, Stan. Three MIErs (including Annamaria passing through London) in the UK at the same time...at least let's call it the UK until 18 September. I'd love to be supping with you and Caro. I'm sure it will be an evening filled with grand conversation and all that flows thereabouts, as exemplified by the terrific new MIE photo showing you the bon vivant we all know you to be. Voila!Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com