Re: Bill Oliver's essay on "just follow instructions".

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On 10/11/2013 05:10 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> 
> I am referring to Bill Oliver's essay that appeared under the "Fedora =
> "the darker
> side of the Internet?"" thread, just recently.
> 
> I just wanted to say how wonderfully well-expressed this essay was.  It
> is widely
> applicable and should be required reading for "gurus" in ever-so-many
> areas.
> (There are many contributors to the R-help mailing list to which I
> subscribe
> who would benefit from taking this essay to heart.)
> 
> I hope that Harald Reindl reads it and takes it to heart.  I have no
> patience
> with those on this list who slang off at Harald.  He is a brilliant guy
> and provides
> a great service to the Fedora community.  But he would be even more
> useful to
> the community if he absorbed Bill Oliver's advice.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rolf Turner

Rolf:  Thanks for pointing out Bill's message. It's something everyone
should read.

As a graduate student, I was required to teach.  It took a number of
years to figure it out, but I did figure out why I was a lousy teacher.
 Everything I did in class reflected the attitude "It's perfectly clear
to me; what the f***'s wrong with you?"

-- 
-- Steve
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