Walter Isaacson on Alan Turing, from the December 1 Time:
Having survived a cold upbringing on the fraying fringe of the British gentry, Turing had a lonely intensity about him, reflected in his love of long-distance running.
A wonderfully moving story... while Turing was not a Borstal boy, I suspect he had much in common with Smith.
I remember still how deeply moved I was when I first read this story and how sad that my 11th grade students in a nice upper-middle-class suburban HS simply did not grok it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliness_of_the_Long_Distance_Runner
ReplyDeleteA wonderfully moving story... while Turing was not a Borstal boy, I suspect he had much in common with Smith.
I remember still how deeply moved I was when I first read this story and how sad that my 11th grade students in a nice upper-middle-class suburban HS simply did not grok it.