tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post3920071637928173171..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: Kevin St. Jude Woczynski: The Draft-Dodging Phantom of Cardinal Dougherty High SchoolDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-51383777862405666252007-11-02T01:11:00.000-04:002007-11-02T01:11:00.000-04:00No one, that is, except the "legendary" Kevin St. ...No one, that is, except the "legendary" Kevin St. Jude Woczynski! (Who must have had a very persuasive mother, by the way.)Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-48811018627423973572007-11-02T01:06:00.000-04:002007-11-02T01:06:00.000-04:00Can't be true, as CD doesn't hold people back, tha...Can't be true, as CD doesn't hold people back, that fail. They either are expelled or sent to summer school and no one fails summer school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-12449697228634903952007-09-08T16:47:00.000-04:002007-09-08T16:47:00.000-04:00Reading "The Stranger" in an 8th grade speed-readi...Reading "The Stranger" in an 8th grade speed-reading course. Now that's a short story all in itself!Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-46354369221730589272007-09-08T09:34:00.000-04:002007-09-08T09:34:00.000-04:00The plan is ingenious. Were I his mother, I'd have...The plan is ingenious. Were I his mother, I'd have nagged him to keep flunking.<BR/><I>"Go watch TV."<BR/>"Go lie on your bed all afternoon and stare at the ceiling. Just make sure the door's closed and keep the tell-tale noises down."</I><BR/><BR/>When I was in 8th grade I managed to flunk a "speed reading" course. <BR/>The novel I chose was thin, though undoubtedly a bad translation. In any case, at 13 I found Camus's "The Stranger" "unskimmable."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-73474069733546998562007-05-04T23:26:00.000-04:002007-05-04T23:26:00.000-04:00Poor Miss Togar; imagine facing the indomitable sp...Poor Miss Togar; imagine facing the indomitable spectre of Kevin Woczynski in that same class for four years running. She had her own good reasons for rejoicing at the end of the draft.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-13777201144645044132007-05-04T22:44:00.000-04:002007-05-04T22:44:00.000-04:00I have a distant memory of Miss Evelyn Togar, who ...I have a distant memory of Miss Evelyn Togar, who actually had Mr Wocynski in a Music Appreciation class during this period referring to him as a 'Sinister Machiavellian-type'. Sounds just like your typical future Postal employee.Pierce Inverarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512989111857809274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-24366769603188842102007-05-04T18:00:00.000-04:002007-05-04T18:00:00.000-04:00Which is why I never go anywhere without a book to...Which is why I never go anywhere without a book to read.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-49612047683238798522007-05-04T17:15:00.000-04:002007-05-04T17:15:00.000-04:00I'm going post a comment more appropriate for the ...I'm going post a comment more appropriate for the last post, but what the hell, I think it'll get past the sleepy moderator.<BR/><BR/>Saw Anney HAll last night on the big screen. Its aged well. It was very interesting to watch with a bunch of other people--mostly 20-somethings-- and hearing what they thought was funny.<BR/><BR/>My favorite scene is when Woody is taken a Shrink by his mother for his depression and general bad attitude in grade school. The doctor asks him what's on his mind, Alvey(Woody) explains his recent realization that the universe is expanding and that eventually everything will expand out of existence. The good doctor--with cigarette in hand--explains to Alvey that Brooklyn isn't expanding and anyway it'll take billions of years for everything to go away, the important thing is to try and enjoy life while you're here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com