Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 15:11:59 02/05/04
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On February 05, 2004 at 11:22:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 05, 2004 at 10:56:14, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On February 04, 2004 at 10:05:13, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On February 04, 2004 at 03:54:01, Renze Steenhuisen wrote: >>> >>>>>>>The down side of being a University Professor is that teaching students is a >>>>>>>requirement. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Bob D. >>>>>> >>>>>>Sorry, but I disagree! If it is not a nice thing to do, than -IMHO- you should >>>>>>change your ways of teaching. >>>>>> >>>>>>Renze S. >>>>> >>>>>You must realize, of course, that I was talking about the availability issue and >>>>>not about love/hate relationships between students and teachers. : ) >>>> >>>>Sorry, I misunderstood. Because I do know of some Univesity Professors that do >>>>not like teaching at all! >>>>My opinion about those people is that should go somewhere else then the >>>>professor seat they're occpuying... >>>>Glad to hear you are not one! Thanks! >>>> >>>>Renze >>> >>>I did get hoodwinked into teaching on two occasions, one in high school [I >>>taught high school chemistry] and once in college [electrical engineering]. I >>>learned very quickly that I have no talent at teaching. When all the students >>>keep asking for the "teacher" to explain it "one more time," it becomes clear >>>that the teacher is not teaching. : ) >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>Don't worry, >> >>You can always just teach 1 person. that's far easier. I suggest you experiment >>with that onto Rolf Tueschen. > > >You know, the _really_ sad thing here is that I actually enjoy discussing things >with Rolf for the most part. I can't say the same about you, however. You see, when you retire soon you can always visit Rolf and tell him great stories on how to implement a chessprogram, in case Rolf gets a vision this time that he must write one himself at his 70s. >You might think about "pot" and "kettle" before making some of your comments >about others... > >I think that for the past couple of years, CCC has been a better place for him >being here. I don't always agree with him, and he doesn't always agree with me. > I can deal with that. At least he is not fabricating stuff and serving as a >constant source of "disinformation".
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