“You can’t yearn for something you don’t even know exists. It wasn’t exactly like you’re in a brand new land, but you kind of were. You’re in a land of rarefied intelligence. That doesn’t mean every kid there is a genius, by no means, but even if you have no interest in physics you still had a good physics teacher. Being a teacher’s a little like being a god. There were very few bad teachers, who were just punching a timecard there. I think they appreciated having smarter students. I mean, who doesn’t want to step up their game? [...] There was a consistency of civility at Science."