<p>I do teach it, and I do have an audience, but alas, alack… (not that I care). (My next book is subtitled, “The Curriculum of Abundance”. I’ll send you a chapter if I still have your e-mail.)</p>
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<p>FWIW, my D was never interested in it and we deliberately steered my S away from it – I can honestly say we didn’t push it on him at all, and he came to us and put it back on the table.</p>
<p>Here, here. I also went to a private midwestern LAC and I too did grad work at a Big 10. At some point I knew that none of my kids was “interested” in my undergrad. I knew that they were in a different place at 18 than I was in. I knew their lives were different. S1 graduates next week and I wonder sometimes if he was engaged, if he built friendships that will forge decades, did he “engage” with some profs. I think so. He tells me things sometimes that lead me to believe all that happened. He and his roomies will part ways in a week - one to NYC, one to Oregon and mine back to the midwest. Only time will tell. The memories, no doubt, will be as sweet as mine. We cannot shape our kids, we cannot live their lives…</p>
<p>I liked my undergraduate school and my professional school but I’m glad my children chose to not attend the undergrad, though both got in. I wanted to be anonymous at the huge university; they don’t, and have chosen much smaller schools.</p>