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I'm going to cheat and mention ''two'' high points of my Cranbrook experience.  

The first is the ''writing'' we were required to do in Carl Wonnberger's courses.  I retired in 2011 with over 300 publications in scientific journals, and for the majority of them the reason I was an author was that I was the only member of the collaboration who could make a grammatically correct sentence, much less hold the attention of a reader.  Every time I've had a chance to give sage advice to new students at the University, I've said the same thing: "''If you aspire to become a scientist, there is one skill that will determine your success much more than any other: your '''writing ability'''!  Because if you can't express yourself well in writing, you will never get a grant or a job as a scientist, much less publish papers at a rate sufficient to win you tenure.''"  Usually I get open-mouthed astonishment in return.  But it's true.  

The second ... what the hell was the second?  Dang!  It'll come back to me eventually.  That's what's so nice about a ''wiki'' - you can come back later and fix things up!  

- [[User:Jess|Jick]] 22:05, 15 June 2013 (PDT)