Re: some cranks? <343A9131.52B3@pacbell.net> <3.0.1.16.19971007060331.348f2766@pop.lava.net>

["John B. O'Donnell" <jackodonnell@xxxxxxxx>]

James R. Olson, jr. wrote:
>
> At 01:11 PM 10/7/97 -0700, John B. O'Donnell wrote:
> >Charles Anderson wrote:
> >>paraphrase: I hate academics
> >paraphrase: ditto
>
> Perhaps you need to find a better class of university to hang about.  Your
> descriptions don't match the University of Hawaii (rated bottom of the 2nd
> tier by USN&WR) in any aspect, and I'm an undergraduate with no hope of
> getting into grad school.

I have no objection to a reasonably accurate paraphrase, but I do
object to such a misrepresentation of what you suggest is
contained here:
       "I haven't been a formal student for quite some time,
         but I suspect there is still a large portion of
         credentialed mediocrity who as the saying goes
         "those who can do, those who can't teach." I can
         only hope that there are also an abundance of those
         who struggled to learn and have a talent to teach
         who still find the effort worthwhile." -- jbod --
which does not imply any dislike, let alone "hate," of academics.
A large portion of a small subset is hardly the generalization
you state.

Your comments on your own experience only show that there may
still be such dedicated teachers at U of H or, at least, that you
have not yet experienced the arrogance of some of the elite.

			-- jbod
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