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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Intelligence (mild flame)
Message-ID: <463@unc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Jun-85 12:42:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: unc.463
Posted: Mon Jun 17 12:42:51 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Jun-85 03:56:16 EDT
References: <228@tove.UUCP> <acf4.1560079>
Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

/* fsks@unc.UUCP / 12:02 pm  Jun 14, 1985 */
>>I agree.  Of course some people in this group (hint, hint, Greg and Dana)
>>believe that preparing for social encounters is a waste of time, and that
>>we should just "be spontaneous."

In article <acf4.1560079> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes:
>I believe that they feel it is a waste of time to prepare for _SPECIFIC_
>instances and particular situations, but not that it is a waste of time to
>improve one's sociability in a _GENERAL_ way.

Exactly how does one go about doing that?

When I studied German and Dutch, I took more than one approach.
True, I did study _GENERAL_ concepts, such as grammar and vocabulary.
But these would not have been as effective without additional drill
using canned conversations dealing with _SPECIFIC_ topics and situations.
Most textbooks use this approach.

For many years, "small talk" was a foreign language to me.
It seemed natural to apply the techniques I used when learning
other foreign languages, including practice drills.  Doesn't
that make sense?

	Frank Silbermann