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A PLEASURABLE RUSH

Several weeks ago I was honored to lead a 2-hour teaching program for the Tennessee Society of Accounting Educators in Nashville.   I had spoken to the group a few years back and they were kind enough to invite me to return.   I tried my best not to repudiate everything I had said in my previous visit.   When you talk and write a lot, you worry that you�ll start contradicting yourself. Whenever I give any teaching presentation, I like to include a thought or suggestion that I discover during the preceding few days.  For me, adding a new idea at the very last moment has become almost a superstition.  I enjoy doing this because it forces me to keep my eyes open for words or actions that are interesting and inspirational�something that will make me a better teacher, something that I can share with the group.  I am aware that it is easy for me to see obvious pieces of wisdom and still miss their significance.   (When the Wright Brothers were first lea...