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Popular Economics Professor Addresses Juniors and Seniors
At the University of Virginia, Professor Ken Elzinga's 1,000-seat economics classes typically have a waiting list. So Woodberry Forest's fifth and sixth formers were privileged to have a visit from this beloved professor on January 18, 2012.
Dr. Elzinga surprised students when he started off his lecture on the principle of cost by trading one senior's five-dollar bill for a ten. Among the examples he offered -- showing that to economists, true measures of cost must include "the highest valued alternative opportunity foregone" -- were the advertising real estate on the jumpsuit of a NASCAR driver, Robert Frost's poem "A Road Not Taken," and the million-dolllar price tag on Virginia basketball player Ralph Sampson's fourth year at the University.
An elder at Charlottesville's Trinity Presbyterian Church, Dr. Elzinga also met with Woodberry Christian Fellowship members to talk with them about Christian faith and the college experience.
His appearance was made possible by a gift from past parent Dr. Wendy B. Brooks of Delray Beach, Florida; her sons are Sander '96, Colin '98, and Cam '00.
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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