“Waiting for the Astronomer,” January 23, 2025

[@leomomma8470]

YOU are a JOY!!❤🧚🏻❄️

[@dvlugtenglishteach]

Mercy, mercy, mercy -- not embarrassed to throw it around! Thanks, as always, Jack.

[@petewehle9485]

C'mon Man! Jack we will see you tonight. Man you are the BEST!

[@normavessels3518]

You're so funny! "Can we see you without your glasses!" 😄☕

[@wendyllynsanders2394]

I had two professors who allowed me to write "alternate essays". One of them taught World Lit., and she let me write--rather than an essay about Ovid--a response to Ovid, in Ovid's style. The other professor (World History) allowed me to write a short story in place of an essay. If more instructors had been like those two, I might have enjoyed my nearly 20 years of education. As always, I enjoyed your talk, and your poem. Thank you.

[@allieaalto4675]

I had a teacher who did that for me! My chemistry teacher in Grade 11, Mr. Smyth. We had a project to write an essay about an element on the periodic table, and I asked him after class if I could write a SciFi story instead. He said yes, as long as the story contained information about the element I'd chosen (Lithium). I was so pleased, and at 51 years old, I still remember that project and the respect Mr. Smyth showed me.