By the time I received this notebook I was a Fulbright Scholar from Germany studying at UNF in Jacksonville, Florida, from August 2011 until May 2012. I know James Harrell from a Fulbright Conference in Berlin and a later meeting in Prague.
This book has nothing to do with whether you are a Fulbrighter or you know James or not. It is about kindness and I think James’ idea is great, so let’s spread it! I have to admit it took me some time to spread some Karma worth writing about, so I made up a plan that will be fulfilled after this notebook has reached the next person:
During my time in Jacksonville I had the opportunity to learn a lot about the differences between Germany and the USA. There are plenty of things that Germans can learn from Americans and vice versa. One of the things I didn’t like about studying at UNF was that it was incredibly expensive. High expenses make sense where they are justified but here and there it appeared to me that money wasn’t going to the right institutions. One day I sold a book at UNF book store which I bought used for 90 Dollars. They offered me 15 Dollars.
Since that book had already been used a couple times I imagined how I would find it back at UNF book store for 90 Dollars the next week; and guess what happened? Not only did this incident “spread some bad karma” but also reflected my observation that some institutions on campus are not there in order to foster and help students, but to get their money.
End of the story: I want to spread kindness and at the same time call people’s attention to the problem so I decided to donate a book that is used in my physics lecture to the society of physics students (SPS). The SPS will go into class at the beginning of next semester and do an auction on the book. The return should be spent on a barbeque for the class.
Cheers,
Lars"
This book has nothing to do with whether you are a Fulbrighter or you know James or not. It is about kindness and I think James’ idea is great, so let’s spread it! I have to admit it took me some time to spread some Karma worth writing about, so I made up a plan that will be fulfilled after this notebook has reached the next person:
During my time in Jacksonville I had the opportunity to learn a lot about the differences between Germany and the USA. There are plenty of things that Germans can learn from Americans and vice versa. One of the things I didn’t like about studying at UNF was that it was incredibly expensive. High expenses make sense where they are justified but here and there it appeared to me that money wasn’t going to the right institutions. One day I sold a book at UNF book store which I bought used for 90 Dollars. They offered me 15 Dollars.
Since that book had already been used a couple times I imagined how I would find it back at UNF book store for 90 Dollars the next week; and guess what happened? Not only did this incident “spread some bad karma” but also reflected my observation that some institutions on campus are not there in order to foster and help students, but to get their money.
End of the story: I want to spread kindness and at the same time call people’s attention to the problem so I decided to donate a book that is used in my physics lecture to the society of physics students (SPS). The SPS will go into class at the beginning of next semester and do an auction on the book. The return should be spent on a barbeque for the class.
Cheers,
Lars"
