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- John's mother paid for his birth by digging potatoes during the final stages of her pregnancy; his father was in a body cast due to a train wreck. Mom recited The Raven to put John to sleep at night. The soles of his feet were thick and hard from going barefoot for eight months per year; his back was tanned from going shirtless. John loved tic-tac-toe and checkers, which his grandfather, Cricket, taught him. Later he enjoyed chess and impromptu wrestling at his country school. He loved to read fantasy and science fiction. John completed a PhD in economics from the University of South Carolina. He has published research on the economics of terrorism, education, gambling, corporate incentives, and other topics. John married Julia about the time he earned his first degree. They now live in a small southern mountain town with their three sons. John works hard to show his students how they can use rational decision making to enrich their lives. Julia works hard to raise three sons and an aggravating husband. John writes when he can. Julia, the world's most voracious reader, edits his work. His mother is now deceased. His hero is his father, Scotty.
John Arkwright Cares About You
John loves to hear about your triumphs and tragedies. He is interested in your bitter and your sweet. He simply adores your favorite cliche's.
Oh. No. I mistyped. John is not like that at all.
John Arkwright's Blog
A Counting
How much orientation does one need? The thirty minute orientation was about twenty minutes too long. A week long orientation is a heartless theft of irreplaceable time.
In my thirty minute orientatio… Continue
Posted on August 5, 2008 at 6:00am —
Sensitivity
I would prefer not to do the accent on the old Kelly's Chili or Irish Spring soap commercials. So I have been looking for Irish accents to mimic.
My son had an interesting technique. When y… Continue
Posted on August 4, 2008 at 6:00am —
Outside
I once heard a comedian (maybe it was George Carlin) define an "idio-second" as the period of time that elapses between your hand leaving the knob and your realization that the keys are locked inside.
Julia checked her purse. No keys.
I was preoccupied with the keys on the way to church. We don't have a spare key hidden anywhere or a window left unlocked in c… Continue
Posted on August 3, 2008 at 6:00am —
The Eleven Year Old's Question
I try to irritate him as much as possible, so I pretended to answer his unasked question. "When a man and a woman love each other very much . . . "
He said, "No, Dad! Not that!"
I said, "There is nothing more important than continuing the species--the cycle of life."
He said, "Yes there is. I want to know if you'll make cookies out of this cake mix… Continue
Posted on August 2, 2008 at 6:00am —
Problem Children
Now and then I have a student who is clueless. I had one this time around.
The student had some problems and did not attend the last two weeks of the five week session. I thought the student had grounds to file a… Continue
Posted on August 1, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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