The Guilt of Summer School

By Ulf Kirchdorfer. I know I am counting and that my wife has helped me count all these years. You see, my wife has a job in what many call “the real world,” which is another way of saying surrounding the professor island are the majority of the working population, and they labor all year long. And though not part of our marital vows, it would be unacceptable for me to take one summer off from teaching, unless, as the saying goes, we won the lottery. Read more...