Aug 092003
 

From The Guardian: Disabled Hero Wins Oxford Place. Hero being the name of the young woman, not a term of condescension, thankfully. It’s good to see that Oxford is willing to admit students with even the most severe disabilities. I sometimes wonder how my own life would have been different if I had come of age in the 50s or 60s instead of the end of the twentieth century. Decidedly less pleasant, I think. Even today, students with disabilities who are accepted into some of the finest institutions of higher education still have great difficulty finding employment after graduation.
I think everything is ready for my party. Food: check. Beer: check. Film for suddenly antiquated 35mm camera: check. Decent weather: hopeful.

  2 Responses to “Oxford Bound”

  1. party?….perk…:)

  2. wsop

    The kindly God who lovingly fashioned each and every one of us and sprinkled the sky with shining stars for our delight – that God is, like Santa Claus, a myth of childhood, not anything a sane, undel

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