Therese - I guess I was too short again. I saw your first paragraph, and my eyes didn't make it to the second - all about rank and privilege. I suppose there is a certain privilege that comes with experience, but hopefully it is earned. I would also hope that a day never comes when it (experience, rank, and privilege) stand unchallenged. Speaking as the elder, who I suppose I am, I feel under a great obligation to share what I have experienced. And when I feel strongly about something, I feel an equal obligation to express myself as clearly and directly as I am able. Speaking as a participant of this remarkable LIST, I feel in some way cheated when no conversation ensues. What I have experienced, what we have all experienced, is only a starting point. What we are experiencing now, and what we anticipate experiencing is the growing edge, and that is where the fun happens. In a very real way, rank and privilege stop in the present moment where we are all neophytes and co-learners. I might also say that one of the distinct disadvantages of OSLIST is that you can't see how folks are doing in the moment. For myself, I can report that on Monday, some nice doctors at John's Hopkins Medical Center gave me a new cornea for my right eye. The good news is that I will probably be able to have the use of that eye when things heal. The bad news is that right at the moment it feels like somebody stuck a hot poker in my eye which makes seeing quite difficult and tends to put an edge on things emotionally. So forgive me if I sounded short. It was not intentional.
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