tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post8984152176654799995..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: The rich and educationally advantaged replyFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-63023764391331872542011-08-18T11:03:29.454-04:002011-08-18T11:03:29.454-04:00I feel utterly overlooked.I feel utterly overlooked.Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-87772574201091872492011-08-17T17:42:24.095-04:002011-08-17T17:42:24.095-04:00FP: !!!!!
This confirms many of my suspicions.FP: !!!!!<br /><br />This confirms many of my suspicions.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1324432838163076642011-08-17T12:04:11.946-04:002011-08-17T12:04:11.946-04:00Well, she sent me a somewhat bitter, private email...Well, she sent me a somewhat bitter, private email via my blog, which just makes me wonder why this is such a big deal for her. I forgot about the whole thing weeks ago.thefrogprincesshttp://thefrogprincess.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-84486343125663485252011-08-13T17:52:03.296-04:002011-08-13T17:52:03.296-04:00Brian:
I feel exactly the same way. Her utter clu...Brian:<br /><br />I feel exactly the same way. Her utter cluelessness makes me feel rather sorry for her, and I had misgivings from the beginning about identifying her by name, which is something I probably wouldn't do if I could do it over (though it's true that she's the one who made herself a public figure by writing into the NYT). But the mean-spiritedness and self-righteousness that go along with that cluelessness even out the balance.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-27429766798849088572011-08-13T17:31:21.533-04:002011-08-13T17:31:21.533-04:00On rereading my comment on your post, I wondered w...On rereading my comment on your post, I wondered whether I had been too harsh. Then I read her response. Nope, I wasn't too harsh. I don't wish her ill, but I hope that with age comes some softening of the sharp edges. Perhaps the fact that my father worked his ass off to be the first in his family to go to college, and then spared no effort to open up opportunities for my sister and me, makes me especially sensitive to the claim from privileged youth that they got where they are entirely on their own merits. I wouldn't be where I am without my dad, and I am grateful for that.Brian W. Ogilviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045133494402037781noreply@blogger.com