dennis roberts said on 1/15/03 2:32 PM: >SIDEBAR > >many moons ago ... i had applied (why i have no idea) for a position ... >and (why i have no idea) was invited to an interview > >during the time there, there was a meeting where the president was part of >one of the many interview meetings (which tells you about the size of the >institution) ... and, he had looked over my vita and ... noted that i had >not had very much "scholarly" publication activity in the recent year or >so to which i replied ... that i had been spending that time working on a >revision to my text > >what he said next floored me (keep in mind, this was the PRESIDENT of the >institution): > >" ... well, you know of course that according to [and he cited some group] >... textbook writing is nothing but HACK work ... " > >being in an interview ... you don't always say what is on your mind but ... >my first thought was: well, who the heck provides the textbooks that all >the students need in all the courses they take at YOUR institution ... >??????? > >i thank my lucky stars that they did not offer me THAT job
Intending no disrespect to you, or your text, but there is this old saw: Those who can, do, those who can't, teach, those who can't teach, teach teachers, those who can't teach teachers write textbooks....<grin> Paul . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
