Jim Rowbotham:  

Life I'm pretty busy with work, which includes idea generation and proposals/presentations for the NY City advertising and marketing agency where I manage marketing research and new business. I stay in shape via workouts at the New York Athletic Club a few times a week. The AC is a major factor in keeping things in perspective here in Manhattan. While my parents passed in the late 90s, I still get to suburban Phila and to metro Reading a few times a year for visits. Always consume at least one oven-baked Italian grinder at a Lee's Hoagies, if possible. I am also in regular email contact my Bucknell fraternity brothers and with a range of Bucknell alums. Same for some prep school and business school friends. My favorite "New Yorker" cartoon, on a cork board in my office, shows a guy chatting with a babe. He's saying "I'm married, but it's not serious." Ha ha. School My ultimate opinion on educational value: As a person's educational level increases, the value of his/her teaching quality and committment decreases. I had several exceptional teachers in Llanerch (PA) Elementary School, Haverford Jr. High School (PA), Wyomissing High School (PA), and Blair Academy (NJ). That quality was particularly true at Blair, though Haverford Jr. High had several fine teachers. The educational "delivery" dropoff started at Bucknell University, long regarded as a top tier college. Sure, there were a few excellent professors, but flanking them were facutly members who were either uncaring, condescending , or lazy. The apex of these was "Uncle Bobby", who attracted academic gamers like me, along with varsity athletes to his laughably easy Journalism track. It got w...Expand for more