A very common question from first and second year undergrad students who visit
my office is: "Have you read all these books?" I explain to them how lots of
books aren't read like you would a novel, that we use them as references, but
that I do read a lot of books, and I also have the opportunity to share with
them my love of books, etc.
What blows me away is when a colleague asks me the same question. I've seen
Profs whose offices have maybe ten books on the shelf, half textbooks, the rest
the books for the first year seminar they taught. And I don't think it is
because they have their real library at home. Different worlds.
From: Jim Devine:
One time, while browsing through the library of a colleague in the
economics department, I noticed that he had a copy of a searing critique
of
Milton Friedman by Lyndon Larouche. So these guys probably do not get
along.
BTW, I was amazed to find this book in an academic's library. Asking him
why it was there, he responded: "I wanted to read the other point of
view."
Not the sharpest pencil in the box...
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http:/bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine
"It takes a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed.
