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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Snapshots from Home

"So what's this nice shirt with University of Maryland Model United Nations written on it?"

"Oh," said Mr. UD, "a student gave me that. There's a note in the bag it came in thanking me... "

"For what?"


"She was my student when she was a freshman. She was unhappy at Maryland. Not feeling challenged. Said her high school had a Model UN and Maryland didn't. I suggested she might want to start one. Apparently it's gone well, and she's happy and decided to stay."