The chorus too must be regarded as one of the actors.It must be part of the whole and share in the action.
Halcyon: Welcome to these lecture notes!
Dana: We wish for you to accept their cognitive gifts.
Anton: We wish for you to establish sound and actionable foundations.
Pablito: We wish for you to feel secure on these foundations.
Alfrothul: We wish you every subsequent success and happiness.
Mimer: We wish for your neck, ten years from now, to not be stuck and in pain.
Bong-sun: We wish for your spine, ten years from now, to still be straight and gracefully flexible.
“Mad Eye” Moody: We wish for the tendons in your hands, ten years from now, to not be raging in agony at the slightest movement, due to excessive repeated small movements during your formative years.
The fourth wall: To this end, make sure to organize your workspace with an external screen at eye level.
The Practical OCaml programmer: Make sure to familiarize yourself with the Emacs key bindings to not wreck your wrists with your mouse or your pad – and also to edit at the speed of thought.
Loki: Do take frequent breaks to stretch and to look far away, so that your body keeps its tonus and your eyes their sharpness.
The happy drunkard: And likewise when you outgrow these lecture notes.