It’s a rainy day today, which reminded me of this charming image:
But what do these people have in common, besides a shared conviction that they won’t melt in the rain and the fact that they’re all really nice? It took a little bit of work, but only a little bit, because I had a pretty good idea of why this particular group would have been assembled for photos.
And I was correct. A quick search of old Rice News copies turned this up:
Great teachers are our true treasure.
Bonus: Speaking of treasures and of great teachers, this turned up the other day. What Miss Keating had bound and labeled is a copy of Dr. Joseph I. Davies’s entire course of lecture notes for Biology 100, which he taught for decades.
Question: is it always the women students who are this thorough and organized? Seems like it!
I am sorry to tell you that your question is not only sexist, but irrelevant. It is much like saying “Are all Black people so musical? Seems like it!”
Alas, if only my body would be limited to the conditions of Professor Davies’s described experiment and not allowed to gain weight!
Thanks for two very interesting articles, Melissa!