Monday, April 26, 2004
Good evening all. I have just returned from watching capturing the Friedmans. Amazing documentary. Very disturbing. I grew up near the village of Great Neck and it is very eery to think how close it all is to you but more than that how much denial there is. Even throughout the film I went through doubts myself about who had done what. All the conflicting stories. I will not give it away but it made me realise how unreliable the human mind is. It so often just tells you what you or others want to hear.
This morning I spoke in a school here in Dublin to a bunch of 5th years. it was actually very interesting for me and quite enjoyable as they were a nice bunch of guys. Now this school was one of the affluent ones. It is amazing the resources they have but more interestingly the initiative the students showed to get me in. It had nothing to do with the teachers. It just shows what a good atmosphere can produce. The teacher had told them all to write business letters to anyone they wanted to see if they could get a response. My resonse was a success for one student but more amazingly Hugh Heffner responded to one of the others with a nice reply. Pretty groundbreaking teaching if you ask me.
Now I know it is a cliche but they looked so small in there. It is amazing how things like that can really bring home the reality that you are now getting old. One day I will die that is for sure but I hate being around those who odds on are going to outlive me. I feel like they have one up on me.
That was my day really. Unfortuntely I have had a bad stomach all day from eating too much Alpen over the last week. My trips to the toilet have been many. I am sure you do not want to know too much about that.
Des
www.desbishop.com
This morning I spoke in a school here in Dublin to a bunch of 5th years. it was actually very interesting for me and quite enjoyable as they were a nice bunch of guys. Now this school was one of the affluent ones. It is amazing the resources they have but more interestingly the initiative the students showed to get me in. It had nothing to do with the teachers. It just shows what a good atmosphere can produce. The teacher had told them all to write business letters to anyone they wanted to see if they could get a response. My resonse was a success for one student but more amazingly Hugh Heffner responded to one of the others with a nice reply. Pretty groundbreaking teaching if you ask me.
Now I know it is a cliche but they looked so small in there. It is amazing how things like that can really bring home the reality that you are now getting old. One day I will die that is for sure but I hate being around those who odds on are going to outlive me. I feel like they have one up on me.
That was my day really. Unfortuntely I have had a bad stomach all day from eating too much Alpen over the last week. My trips to the toilet have been many. I am sure you do not want to know too much about that.
Des
www.desbishop.com
