Comments on: Mann Understood

By: Beth

Beth — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:04:00 +0000

The problem is thinking about what needs to be done instead of just doing… I am totally kidding you. You, the multi tasker who is only satisfied if she is a minimum of three things at once. I think you will find the time to get everything done.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:56:00 +0000

<>Ballad of the Scholar's Lament<>When I have struggled through three hundred yearsof Roman history, and hastened o'erSome French play-(though I have my private fearsOf flunking sorely when I take the floorIn class),-when I have steeped my soul in goreAnd Greek, and figured over half a reamWith Algebra, which I do (not) adore,How shall I manage to compose a theme? It's well enough to talk of poor and peers,And munch the golden apples' shiny core,And lay a lot of heroes on their biers;-While the great Alec, knocking down a score,Takes out his handkerchief, boohoo-ing, "More!"-But harshly I awaken from my dream,To find a new,-er,-privilege,-in store:How shall I manage to compose a theme? After I've swallowed prophecies of seers,And trailed Aeneas from the Trojan shore,Learned how Achilles, after many jeers,On piggy Agamemnon got to sore,And heard how Hercules, Esq., toreAround, and swept and dusted with a stream,There's one last duty,-let's not call it bore,-How shall I manage to compose a theme?EnvoiOf what avail is all my mighty lore?I beat my breast, I tear my hair, I scream:"Behold, I have a Herculean chore.How shall I manage to compose a theme?" ee cummings

By: tworivers

tworivers — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:57:00 +0000

I was totally rapt at that very paragraph that you quoted from Mann. (yes, I even read the introduction!!) Yes, we could be burdened with all that there is to do. But in fact one can really only do one thing at a time. And one thing at a time – one step after another – is the only way to progress. You will manage it all, Rebecca!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 24 May 2007 11:29:00 +0000

There is <>a<> time for everything. And you will get it done — somehow.