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Subject: The tales of Hyatt

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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