That Nice 'Mr' Sternberg

Well, actually he's no less than a professor, but somehow 'Mr' seems more 'man of the people' which is exactly how he came across when I saw him at a conference in Cambridge last week.

The conference was entitled 'Assessing Students' Potential for Success' and Robert Sternberg was the keynote speaker.

Now Professor Robert J Sternberg is a very clever, very important man, no less than the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences At Tufts University (http://provost.tufts.edu/academic/deans/sternberg/).

In the conference brochure he was billed as follows:

Professor Sternberg’s work on multiple intelligences is well-respected in the industry and his talk will address these issues, in particular highlighting his recent work; The Rainbow Project.

So when I sent him an email saying how fascinating I found his lecture, I didn't really expect a reply. But that nice man 'Bob' (as he signed his email) sent me one anyway and very friendly it was, too.

Thank you 'Bob' - you made my day!