circle today - I wanted to say many things.

• I liked the person saying that no, we are not all the same we are all different - so we are the same in that we are all different.  That's more like it, paradoxical though it is.
• I liked being reminded art and creativity "comes from" those on the bottom of the ladders, any ladder.
• I liked the challenge of equality in the draft - all Israeli children serve in the army.  All of them.  Then after that, they go to college.   They are all trained and equalized in the army. Everyone then can ask of all young people:  "What did you make of yourself in the army?" There are many jobs in the army that do not involve "heavy lifting."  Of course that's easy for me to say since I am past draft age.
• I liked the air conditioner theory and the story about the cereal and the important sense of community
• I liked the assertion that somehow by being together we will be less likely to be cavalier and put others down in the future, outside this class
• I liked learning about Mamie Mobley and how she turned tragedy into love instead of into hate
• I liked how non talkers made us talkers listen. 
• I liked being reminded I only have hold of the elephant's left leg - or is it his right - not his whole.
• I liked how the bell rang and left us to continue Monday - and may we be as courageous and revolutionary as Mamie Mobley
• here is Dr. Martin Luther King on how love is the strongest force.  Watch how slowly and carefully and thoughtfully he speaks compared with speakers on TV today.