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Virginia Wolfe

Great Failures of the Extremely Successful Excerpt


Steve Young, editor (scroll down for Young's BIO); excerpted essay by Chris Crutcher
Copyright © Fall 2002 All rights reserved.

"When you are a trial and error species, you shouldn't go knocking the errors.

"I was a dismal student. I became the first educational ecologist because I recycled every bit of my brother's homework. I went through his closet and found it all. I had to go through his book reports and such, misspell some words and come to some bad conclusions.

"I had a very short attention span, but when I was up against it, I would do what was necessary to get my 'C.' I read a sum total of one book the entire time I was in high school. I was assigned 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and since it was new at the time, my brother had yet to write a book report on it. I had to actually read it. The next book they wanted me to read was 'The Scarlet Letter.' I still remember that test. The only things I got right was......


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