[Lamplighter]

Tonight I received a strange email from my daughter...

Long story. I gave my students their final writing assignment for the semester.
We spent most of the class period today discussing the assignment.
They are to interview someone who is at least 50 years old and who has a 4 year degree
- preferably a family member or close family friend, close associate,etc
They are to ask their interviewee about campus life, academics, diversity and funding issues.

The paper should compare and contrast their interviewee's
experience with their own as transfer students at UnivXX.
One of the questions I want them to explore is what kind of political issues
were prevalent when their interviewee were students.

I used you as an example and mentioned the Vietnam War,
as well as the story you told me last year (?) about having
to sign a loyalty oath in exchange for federal funding.
Bragging about you I mentioned your work with Gxxxxx and PXX screening.

One of my students with a smart phone (who's in a genetics class this semester)
googled "Mxxxxxx Gxxxxx PXX" and asked if your first name is William.
I'm not sure if he didn't believe me or was just bored and playing around on the internet.

Gotta love those damn smartphones in the classroom.
Guess I should have been glad he wasn't just checking facebook.
Wow, Dad, 1967 - that research is older than I am - and I'm old.
love you,
rmb