My classes on the history of western civilization and the books we read were/are awesome. Having spent time in Sicily and Italy in the military before I went to college really made the ancient Greek and Roman content real for me. I had actually been to the places I was seeing discussed in the literature, it was a great learning experience. Once you realize those people from so long ago had the same issues to deal with, you realize as my Grandmother used to say, "There is nothing new under the sun." Luckily I didn't have a commie instructor, she was a good looking young lady that was excited to teach the classics, so much so that I went on and read many other books on my own after the class. I appreciated Rudy's new podcast he called Common Sense, I had just read that again on the plane on a recent business trip so it was fresh in my mind. I hope they don't screw up teaching math. I remember back when I was in gradeschool, I was doing fine in Math, then they came in and changed everything and started teaching "New Math", it confused the shit out of me. It affected me for years. Not until I went "back to school" to go to college and started from the beginning at a local JC did I finally "get it" again. I was happy to have some really Old Guys as instructors who really were interested in teaching, not just punching the clock. One old guy said I would make an excellent Math professor. I really appreciated it since I was working so hard to get through it and learn and understand it. I was sad he died not long after I graduated. Maybe I'll take him up on that offer in my next life.