Love the article and have indexed it for future study.For years, I thought my high school students who went on after graduation to major in philosophy were nuts, but they have done well for themselves. Your citation of Seneca, “Draw further back and laugh,” reminds me of the student who loudly and clearly called me a bitch as I handed him a discipline referral. I thanked him as I signed it. My class was shocked. “How could you thank him?”

“Because I see it a Babe In Total Control of Herself.” I turned the negative into a positive.

You have given me numerous books and essays to read, and I thank you.