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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My name is Laura Strychalski, and I am an
architect in Philadelphia PA. I grew up in Queens and Manhattan, studied
and taught textile design in Buffalo NY, then decided to change direction and moved
down here for graduate school. I have always read a lot, but disliked
enough English lessons & teachers in 6-12 to make me avoid English classes in
college. But now that 11<sup>th</sup>-grade teacher Mrs. Whatever-her-name-was
is finally far enough behind me that I’ve gotten over that aversion, I
think it would be a great experience to read and discuss classic literature, so
I’m game!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A few years ago my daughter was assigned an
abridged Odyssey in grade school, and I decided to try it myself (by listening
to an audio edition) so that we could discuss it. I thought it was
interesting that this narrative is so embedded in our culture that I was already
familiar with many parts of the story despite never having read it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’m looking forward to the discussion
and to seeing (hearing?) how a phone-based group works!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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