I went to St. John's College to read the classics of Western philosophy, science, math and literature. St. John's is based on reading and discussion. Testing is minimal, and while grades are noted, they're not released without a request from the student. I requested mine a week before graduating.

For four years, I enjoyed the best of everything: reading, talking about ideas, waltzing, partying, and playing whatever sport was 'in season'. We were all assigned to teams when we registered. It wasn't until much later that I realized this isn't the norm at college.

In 1985, another Senior and I organized, raised money for, and presided over "Reality", the final party. My job was coming up with the ideas and corralling my dad into designing posters for our events. My partner took care of the important details. These postcards were my own doing, and show how much fun we had at St. John's with the great ideas of the Western world.