[MD] The MOQ at Oxford University

[John Carl]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:17 AM, Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

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> Well John, Oxford University is full of North Americans (at least of a
> European heritage) so no doubt your daughter would soon feel at home there.
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Her Mom is British, (Hey Lu!)  which is part of why she wants to get in
touch with mother-soil.



> The tutor to student ratio is relatively low and is the key for why Oxford
> is so successful academically.  Moreover, as with Cambridge University, the
> putrid touch of “neo-con”/Thatcherite ideology (so beloved by that notorious
> sinner here, Platt Holden) has had less effect on the independence of mind
> at Oxford compared to the other, less fortunate, Higher Education
> institutions in the UK.
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I don't know why she got it into her head.  I think she likes the sound of
the name "awks ferd".  She's a 15 year old teenage girl, for goodness sake.


I will say she seems to have the intellectual capacity and she definitely
has the independence of spirit.  But no real drive or ambition.  Hmmmm...  I
wonder where that comes from.



As far as MOQ saints are concerned, I think that title should go to Arlo who
> has patiently dealt with Platt’s dogmatic radio talk show propaganda at MOQ
> Discuss for years now or maybe to Horse, who has run the whole show here for
> even longer.   Now even Platt wouldn’t argue with that latter nomination!
>

Now of course there are "true" saints, and then there are the socially
recognized ones; not always a one-to-one correspondence, eh?

Did you ever want to argue with a dogmatic radio talk show host?  Well good
ole Platt gives you that opportunity.  Saint Platt.

Acolyte John



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