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From: bentrup@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: High school education
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Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 13:56:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 27 13:56:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!bentrup    Mar 27 12:56:00 1986


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>I know exactly the sort of problems you are talking about.  Like
>when you catch the teacher in an error and she hates you forever
>after and looks for excuses to get back at you?  You thought she
>would have been glad to have had the error pointed out.  Right?  
>I'll bet she even tried to cut you off when you were explaining.
>...
>The fact is, somewhere between 60 and 90 percent of the population are
>like this.  They act like a kicked puppy when you make them feel 
>stupid.  Sometimes they bite you for kicking them.  

Should someone be thankful for being made to 'feel stupid'?  Perhaps it is 
more tactful to point out one's errors in private, rather than to make it 
into a public spectacle.  I am open to suggestions/criticisms from others,
but I would prefer not to be belittled in the process.  On the occasions 
when I feel qualified to criticize I try to follow the advice of a
Persian saying "Talk to the walls, so that the door might hear".

John B   ihnp4!uiucdcs!bentrup