By Jove, he's got it - after Henry Higgins in MY Fair Lady, aka Pygnmalion by Shaw.
Sam cannot handle being unsure. That suggests a scenario something like the following. Little smartass in class, prides himself on being tops, makes a mistake and it gets told by teach, playing judge, jury and hangman as per usual, tells it, in public that's it's wrong. This so embarrasses it that it resolves that this is never, ever going to happen again. Note it imitates teacher as well, which is quite common in such cases. It's so acute that it has to commit character assassination on anyone who recalls the suppressed scenario. It cannot handle being unsure. Had it happen to me. Found out about a South African, desert, kangaroo mouse, only to be ridiculed by an ignorant teacher. I'm sure many of us can recall such a situation, without such a reaction. Had it happen to my son by a teacher who in primers would not let him answer questions. So Father taught him to sit, arms akimbo, never letting his eyes of teach. After three days Teach gave in. After which the urge to answer questions left him, not surprising. He discovered one can manipulate people and that was that. Me has this pernicious habit of keeping at it to the bottom line. Oh well. adrian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
