Money has its advantages James…but you know that public school I attended we (my class) had more than our share of doctors, lawyers, CPAs, PhDs, engineers pharmacists and such…methinks last count was like 30 out of 125 grads in these professions. Shit happens…
Money? You're totally clueless. Small town Catholic school where mothers cleaned and supervised the playgrounds and lunchroom while the farm/town kids ate their brown bag lunches. Dads mowed the grounds and pushed snow. Two nuns, one taught 6-8 and one 1-3. Lay teachers taught 4-5. Money? Ha, ha,ha...Our priest had 3 PhDs he was recognized as an authority on the English language. He was a scratch golfer who played in the Pebble Beach Pro AM with Arnold Palmer. He's hit wedges that us kids would shag and toss the 100 yards back to him..
A century ago, on Dec. 28, 1920, John Bremner was born in Brisbane, Australia. Best known to a generation of Jayhawk journalists for his vast knowledge, rigorous courses and larger-than-life personality, Dr. Bremner influenced journalists beyond the University of Kansas through his two books, “HTK” and “Words on Words,” and his newsroom seminars.
Bremner began his career not as a journalist but as a Roman Catholic priest. His life’s journey took him from Australia to the Vatican to Ireland to the United States where he made the turn toward journalism in the master’s program at Columbia University.
He later earned a doctorate in mass communications at the University of Iowa, left the priesthood and came to Kansas.
From 1969 to 1985, Bremner taught copy editing at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Using both good and regrettable examples from news publications, he drilled grammar, headline writing and skepticism into students, cementing KU’s reputation for high-quality editing. During that period, he also traveled the country as a newsroom consultant, conducting dozens of training courses for professional journalists through the Gannett Foundation. (View
“John Bremner: Guardian of the Newsroom,” made by the Gannett Foundation).