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From: Laws@KL.SRI.COM (Ken Laws)
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Subject: Re: Flawed human minds
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Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 00:36:57 EDT
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I haven't read Cabell, but I find the quote interesting.  I've been
saying something similar to family and friends for several years now --
people (esp. children) do what is expected of them, not what is demanded
of them.  If teachers understood this they could get far more out of
their students.  Expectation sets up a feedback loop in which the teacher
does whatever is necessary to elicit the desired behavior, whereas requests,
demands, etc., are events rather than processes.  Similar feedback loops
are operative in the "lead" of a good dancer or the "ki" of a martial
artist.

					-- Ken
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