{"id":4064,"date":"2005-09-07T23:00:03","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T03:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/09\/07\/eddies-homework\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:26","slug":"eddies-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/09\/07\/eddies-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"eddie’s homework"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Little Eddie Markowski<\/A> must have been one of those kids<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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who finished every test waaaay ahead of the rest of the class,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and then got an A+.    As an adult, he creates mountains of <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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enjoyable (and even admirable) haiku and senryu faster than <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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your teenage son polishes off a quart of orange juice — often, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in between performing his other workplace duties.  (Yes, I am<\/EM> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Inspired by today’s <\/FONT>back to school sale<\/FONT><\/A> posting, Ed has      \"blackboard<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I suggest you click <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A> to enjoy all of them.   Here’s a sampler <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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of his homework on this first evening of the school year:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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first day <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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my first apple <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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second day <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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my second apple <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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blackout <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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on her history book<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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by <\/EM><\/FONT>ed markowski<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>                                                                                 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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