After dropping out of his classes at Reed, he sat in on a calligraphy class and became fascinated with fonts and penmanship.
Steve Jobs, who dropped out of Oregon's Reed College, nevertheless credits a calligraphy class he attended there with providing part of the inspiration for the Macintosh.
The cancellation of calligraphy class, the dullness of history and the tension of lecture and reading made Emperor Wanli tired of his lessons and began to stop for some reason.
I finally did yesterday, and what stuck me was how fondly and centrally he talked about his calligraphy class at Reed College.
If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class and personals computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.