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Severin Stojanovic Ottawa,
Canada 8 May 2007 Dear Mr.
Schmidt, Your book Disciplined
Minds has impacted my life in a drastic way. I will never again experience my interactions
with my fellow physics graduate students and professors at the University of
Ottawa, let alone the administrators of this corporation, in the same
way. Thank you! I am a
graduate student representative on the Council of the Faculty of Science,
which is chaired by the Dean of the Faculty of Science. One thing I’ve definitely learned in my involvement
with Council is that the institution does not respect logic! They only calculate losses. Therefore, I find it very difficult as a
student to not become submissive to the institution. This is very frustrating, of course. But as you advocate in your book, I am
part of an independent external group, which is absolutely necessary not only
for support in particular struggles, but also to prevent one from being
absorbed by the institution. I recently
e-mailed the members of our independent campus organization to recommend that
they read Disciplined Minds. My
message concluded like this: “If I
were to highlight key, important statements and phrases in this book, I would
have to highlight every word of every sentence written. Everything Jeff writes resonates with such
clarity, precision, and truthfulness of my own experiences thus far,
especially with the Faculty Council.
Either Jeff truly understands what is going on at the most fundamental
level, or he is simply one of the best clairvoyants. However, I vehemently deny the existence
of the latter. This book is a must,
must, read! I believe that one will
find more truth in it than in the Bible.” Sincerely, Severin
Stojanovic Graduate
student Department
of Physics University
of Ottawa, Canada |