Parents' Day (novel)

Introduction to Parents' Day (novel)

Parents' Day is a 1951 novel by Paul Goodman.

== Synopsis ==
In Parents' Day, an unnamed male in his thirties begins teaching at a private school early in
World War II. He is a single parent, having split with his wife. Early in the novel, the
narrator announces his homosexuality and love for the 17-year-old Davy Drood. The
narrator augurs that he will be fired for having a sexual relationship with a student,
whereas heterosexual relationships with students were tolerated. When Davy seeks to have
sex with a female student, the narrator tells the headmaster that they should provide
contraceptives and facilitate an occasion for the pair. He questions whether he should tell
Davy's mother on Parents' Day about his sexual attraction to Davy. The narrator has sex
with a woman while thinking of Davy. He reveals that he had manually stimulated Davy
through the blankets and the narrator ejaculated in his pants. Jeff Deegan, a student with a
crush on the narrator, fights Davy on Parents' Day. In a jealous betrayal by Jeff, the narrator
is fired from the school.

Rouville, Oise

Quiz 1 Rouville, Oise

Rouville (French pronunciation: [ʁuvil]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern

France.

Bert van der Spek

NoteBert van der Spek

Robartus Johannes (Bert) van der Spek (born 18 September 1949 in Zoetermeer) is a Dutch
ancient historian, specializing in the Seleucid Empire. He was a full professor in Ancient
Studies at VU University Amsterdam from 1993 to his retirement in 2014, and is currently
working on the Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Age (a collection of cuneiform
tablets in the British Museum).
He is also the author of the best-selling first-year book for ancient history: An introduction
to the Ancient World.
Van der Spek studied History beginning in 1967 at Leiden University.
Uppalavanna

NoteUppalavanna

Uppalavanna (Pali: Uppalavaṇ ṇ ā ; Sanskrit: Utpalavarṇ ā ) was a Buddhist bhikkhuni (Pali;

Sanskrit: Bhikshuni), or nun, who was considered one of the top female disciples of the
Buddha. She is considered the second of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with
Khema. She was given the name Uppalavanna, meaning "color of a blue water lily", at birth
due to the bluish color of her skin.
According to the Theravada tradition, Uppalavanna was born the daughter of a wealthy
merchant. Due to her beauty, numerous wealthy and powerful suitors came to her father to
ask for her hand in marriage. Instead of marrying, she entered the monastic life under the
Buddha as a bhikkhuni. According to the Mulasarvastivada tradition, Uppalavanna had a
tumultuous life as a wife and courtesan before converting to Buddhism and becoming a
bhikkhuni.
Uppalavanna attained enlightenment while using a fire kasina as her object of meditation
less than two weeks after her ordination. Following her enlightenment she developed a
mastery of iddhipada, or spiritual powers, leading the Buddha to declare her his female
disciple foremost in psychic powers. Her male counterpart was Maha Moggallana.

Uppalavanna

NoteUppalavanna

Uppalavanna (Pali: Uppalavaṇ ṇ ā ; Sanskrit: Utpalavarṇ ā ) was a Buddhist bhikkhuni (Pali;

Sanskrit: Bhikshuni), or nun, who was considered one of the top female disciples of the
Buddha. She is considered the second of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with
Khema. She was given the name Uppalavanna, meaning "color of a blue water lily", at birth
due to the bluish color of her skin.
According to the Theravada tradition, Uppalavanna was born the daughter of a wealthy
merchant. Due to her beauty, numerous wealthy and powerful suitors came to her father to
ask for her hand in marriage. Instead of marrying, she entered the monastic life under the
Buddha as a bhikkhuni. According to the Mulasarvastivada tradition, Uppalavanna had a
tumultuous life as a wife and courtesan before converting to Buddhism and becoming a
bhikkhuni.
Uppalavanna attained enlightenment while using a fire kasina as her object of meditation
less than two weeks after her ordination. Following her enlightenment she developed a
mastery of iddhipada, or spiritual powers, leading the Buddha to declare her his female
disciple foremost in psychic powers. Her male counterpart was Maha Moggallana.