text: Would we really expect anything less from a teacher of the New Testament and Christian lifestyles at Marist High School? Perhaps parsing the Golden Rule in a syllabus seems a bit sanctimonious and unnecessarily redundant coming from a "campus" minister, even to the most devout teen.
  
  Your experiment did not allow for one very important constant: No one in Eugene is predisposed to hear -- never mind respond to -- words of kindness coming from the saddle of a bicycle. That your cup still runneth over with affirmation is cause for celebration, not dismay, given the circumstances.