Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:20:08 02/05/04
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On February 05, 2004 at 18:11:59, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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. First, I'm not planning on retiring for another 14 years. Second, I am sure that sitting down and talking to Rolf would be infinitely more enjoyable than these worthless discussions with you... > >>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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