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March 28, 2007

Jim: Teaching Through Example

The professor’s pale eyes glared over the top of his wire-rimmed glasses while bushy, white eyebrows closed into a scowl. “You want me to explain cause and effect again?” he asked the girl incredulously.

“Okay. Billions of years ago, from a single point of existence, the entire Universe exploded into being, casting whole galaxies in all directions. This is the cause.

“Then there was some lag time.

“Ultimately, one effect of that mighty event is that I stand before a student whose primary focus is coloring her nails and have to wearily explain cause and effect over and over again.”

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