The most important poll ever
 

Ok, would you rather change your past and make it so that you had good educators in your life, or would you rather go back in time and watch any race horse of your choice, in all their races?

If the former, why?
If the latter, who?

I will get this going.

Since I am skeptical that there are enough good educators around to fill a thimble, I'm going to say I'd prefer to go back in time to watch a horse.

my choice as to who to watch would be difficult. I'd probably choose between kincsem(sp?), native dancer or fager.

i'd probably watch kincsem just to see what the hype is all about and because you'd get to watch about 200 miles of racing!

that, and i love hungarian food.

The latter. I'd choose to watch Sarava in the Belmont & I'd hammer him at the windows. I'd most likely have the ex/tri/super and pick 6 also.

Since I learned FAR more driving a cab than I did in school, I'd answer with Kelso.

I had good teachers, especially in college and grad school so...I'd love to see all 54 of Kincsem's wins!

Native Diver, Whirlaway or Silky Sullivan

That's a tough one..because if I had Sarava on my ticket I would have been so wealthy I could have bought my school. Overall, my teachers were awesome. I do wish I could of had me for a teacher. At least that's what my students tell me.

like your choise of silky sullivan, all of those late rushes to the wire make it very exciting

If you had good educators in your life, would you have to give that up in order to see the races?

I had great teachers, especially my English teachers. I started reading Shakespeare in my leisure time, thanks to them!

If I had to give up Mr. Sheaffer, Mrs. Church and Mrs. DuPratt in order to watch the horse race I think I'd stick with the teachers.

(Now, if we could also bet on the races, that'd be different. I'd trade and ask that you give me Arcangues' BCC... :))

no betting allowed. i think that would pretty much make the whole concept a moot point.

i'm surprised by the vast number of people responding (2) that have said they had good teachers!

that is really quite surprising. or alarming, i'm not sure.

Dr.Fager

Spectacular Bid.

Can I go back in time and watch my 10th grade french teacher again ? She was a hottie!!!;)

no, you can't, but i will.

I still recall so many lines from his works from high school...it's amazing how teachers can really drill something in your head. (I'll die knowing the preamble thanks to my 7th grade teacher.) I think my favorite work was Merchant of Venice. Science, and mainly physics was my thing in school, but I think my English teachers influenced me most. I was fortunate in that I went to a small school so we were asked to read many things that I don't think children are asked of now and many of my peers in college hadn't read either.

I'd keep my education - my teachers have opened a world of possibilities to me and given me the appreciation and desire to see everything that I can, now.

BLECH!!

you saw through their uselessness and lies early on, which gave you desires to do and see more in life?

actually, in all fairness, i've heard education out here is alot different and more important than where i grew up.

Hmm, I'm not sure I would call is uselessness, but from a very early age I made my teachers earn their pay. If I am going to sit in a room then I damn well better be learning something - otherwise I have other things to do. So I learned early to challenge them - nicely, of course. With very few exceptions they rose to the challenge. I did make several of them cry and tell my parents that I was difficult but the majority appreciated the challenge. There are plenty of crappy teachers out there, elementary, high school and college - but if you insist on getting something out of it you usually do.

All this being said, there are plenty of horses that I wish I could have seen run, and musicians I wish I had seen perform. I'll have to be satisfied with what I can get now.

Maybe 70 years from now someone will have a similar poll and people will answer with horses like Rags to Riches, Invasor, Street Sense and the rest of the usual suspects - and I will have been fortunate enough to see them in my lifetime.

Enjoy today and every day!