Hm....  I have similar problems in my summer reading schedule, and I have so many books that I can't decide which ones to read anymore.  You might like to consider getting a summer job as well.  Hm again.  Good luck on your math exam. 

You might consider Sun Tzu's "The Art of War."  That's an interesting classic.  Allegedly it has many applications in today's world, though I think you might like to check it out for yourself before you take my word for it.   :)  That reminds me of LeVar[sp] Burton in Reading Rainbow.  Geordi LaForge by day, LeVar the bookworm by night!

hey elise, hopefully you live a long life because that sure is a long list of books to read, plus all the school text books. *whew* Oh and I nearly fell off my chair laughing, no at you per say but at the fact that you got a "buzz" from an iced cap. Did you by any chance mistaken Starbucks for Tim Hortons? When you go work at the camp this summer you will have a social life of a different kind, don't worry, most University students go through a sort of social life withdrawl over the summer, thank goodness for cars!

   Anyways, I love you a lot and we have to jam....wanna do that tomorrow afternoon?hmmmm...I will email you

Philmont!!! I will have a summer job, you bum! I've told everyone already... I'm working at a kids' camp from June 20- AUg something!!! Thanks for the book reccomendation I'll try to find it..sounds good. Good luck on exams! Erica stop making fun of me! :p

-Elise

Oh by the way, guys that math exam was a JOKE!!! It took me the full 3 hours to do, but only  because I had time to double check my calculations... I had no trouble at all!!! YAY!  And my philosophy exam was by far the easiest.  This school needs more Strausses. I'm glad he bases his evaluation on more realistic grading policies...like in-class stuff, assignments, group work, etc. Exams really don't tell half of what kind of student you are the other 99.9% of the semester!!! Love ya'll!

-Elise

Even though I am very skeptical about the utility of exams in the evaluation of learning, I do regret that exam having been so easy. It was even easier than I imagined. I should have included a big think question, worth very little marks, but allowing for long, rambling answers. Ah, well.

You say you like Jane Austen. Have you read all her completed novels? This past year has been "Jane Austen year" for my daughters Shimmer (http://www.shimmerpoet.blogspot.com/) and Summer (http://www.permanenttattoo.blogspot.com/), and they have enjoyed her novels immensely.

I am recommending the books of Alan Furst (http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/22/mar04/furst.htm and http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum9.html) to everyone I know, but you may find them a little too dark for your taste ...

Hey again.  It's me blabbing off my opinions again both to you, Elise and to Strauss.  It would be cool to write a philosophy exam where you got a big think question like that.  I am good at rambling and occasionally hit on a good idea. 

Sorry I forgot about your camp job, Elise.  Hope you have fun.  Camp counselling is one of the most entertaining and rewarding jobs out there.  It's where I get most of my wacky stories.  If you are into story writing, maybe you will get a few ideas for some fun stories to write over the summer.  If the kids want you to tell them a story and you are at a loss for new stories, try telling them a story about a sixteen-legged cow you used to know a few thousand years ago, when you were their age.  I have used that story many times and it works like a charm.