I am reading Paul Farmer's <To Repair the World>. There are so many things I can't understand. I think it's partly because the writer is a doctor. Anyway, I need help.
What a pleasure to be back in this great city. I'm especially grateful that a former teacher of mine is now your dean, since it means all I have to do to have two nice meals in the French Quarter is to deliver your send-off message. (p. 156)
I think the writer is suggesting the dean's resignation, but I'm not sure. Please let me know what 'two nice meals' and 'send-off message' in the sentence mean. For your reference, it's Paul Farmer's commencement speech in 2008 in Tulane Medical School.
What a pleasure to be back in this great city. I'm especially grateful that a former teacher of mine is now your dean, since it means all I have to do to have two nice meals in the French Quarter is to deliver your send-off message. (p. 156)
I think the writer is suggesting the dean's resignation, but I'm not sure. Please let me know what 'two nice meals' and 'send-off message' in the sentence mean. For your reference, it's Paul Farmer's commencement speech in 2008 in Tulane Medical School.