Re: Gates and Buffet start "Bridge in Schools effort.


Jürgen R. wrote:

<big SNIP>


> Sounds great. How does the following sound as a tentative 9-th grade
> schedule. This should allow everybody to make an intelligent choice
> regarding further education, if considered desirable:

At first I thought you were attempting reductio ad absurdum, then I
realised what a wonderful day would be had by all.

> Period Time Subject
> 1 8:30-9:20 Latin (3rd year, Cicero's speeches)
> 2 9:35-10:25 General Strategy of Games
> 3 10:40-11:30 Scrabble
> 4 11:45-12:15 General Convocation: the Life of BillGates and
> the Founding Fathers

I would have thought "Founding Parents" would be more in line with
current gender-inclusive PC practice.



> 5 12:15-13:15 Lunch (Poker discouraged)
> 6 13:15-14:05 Bridge (various levels)
> 7 14:20-15:10 Chess, Go, or Snooker (MWF only)
> Billiards or Backgammon (TTh)

I forgot about Backgammon (Probability Theory) and Snooker (Classical
Mechanics), as you seem to have forgotten about Monoploy.

> 8 15:25-16:30 Greek (1st year)

Classical, that is.

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