Statement on Trump Appearance at Al Smith Dinner

[BaronChocula]

18. Wow! That sounds crazy

I guess I should consider myself lucky. The worst teacher I had was Mr. King in the 5th grade. Ordinarily he just seemed like someone who settled into teaching because he couldn't think of anything else to do with his life. His moments came when someone didn't do their classwork or homework. He would scream "yeah, you didn't do it, ya know why? Because yur lazy, L-A-Z-Y!" Real piece of work.

Never shared any personal info. I would guess around 1975 he was about 30 so old enough to have been in Vietnam. Who knows.

Worst professor goes to a guy in the history department who was the resident "African specialist." somehow. A total apologist for things. As a German who must of come up during the Third Reich he would defend the Hitler Youth as "really just an equivalent of the Boy Scouts."

When I took a class on Africa from him, his support of colonialism was as evident as his criticism of current regimes. I think he got tired of me pushing back on his BS and one day told me in response to an issue of repression "personally I don't think you'd be able to keep your mouth shut long enough to stay out of prison in Malawi." I felt good knowing I got under his skin.