“Although I was four years at the University [of Wisconsin], I did not take the regular course of studies, but instead picked out what I thought would be most useful to me, particularly chemistry, which opened a new world, mathematics and physics, a little Greek and Latin, botany and and geology. I was far from satisfied with what I had learned, and should have stayed longer.” WorldShouldYearsLittlesWould BeScienceCoursesStudyFourShould HaveMathematicsUniversityPhysicsSatisfiedGreekLatinChemistryNew WorldFour YearsGeologyWisconsinBotany Book:Essential Muir Source: Essential Muir
“Thimerosol is the preservative in immunisation shots, so anytime you get an immunisation shot you are undergoing the same procedure that in the University Lab we used to give animals auto-immune disease---give a little tiny injection of mercury. And when you get an immunisation shot you are getting a little tiny dose of mercury there.” GivingLittlesUsedAnimalDiseaseShotsUniversityTinyProceduresImmuneDoseLabsMercuryInjectionImmunisation Author:Hal Huggins
“I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. I've heard complaints from even mighty Stanford University with its illustrious faculty that basically the undergraduate computer science program is little more than Java certification.” LittlesI CanHeardDegreesComputerTrainingProgramUniversityThese DaysFacultyComplaintsComputer ScienceJavaStanfordUndergraduateStanford UniversityVocational Training Author:Alan Kay
“When Scythrop grew up, he was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to the university, where it was carefully taken out of him.” LittlesSchoolTakenGrewGrew UpUniversityUsualBeatenPublic School Book:Nightmare Abbey Source: Nightmare Abbey