Monday, September 05, 2005
Dear Mr. Spencer [he read out loud]. That is all I know about the Egyptians. I can't seem to get very intersted in them although your lectures are very interesting. It is all right with me if you flunk me though as I am flunking everything else except English anyway. Respectfully yours, Holden Caulfield.He put my goddam paper down and looked at me like he'd just beaten hell out of me in ping-pong or something.
I'm considering teaching this to the freshman as the English I novel this spring. Whaddya think?
