> --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 21, 2005, at 5:01 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > > > Can't see a lot of use in such a list. Does anyone use such a > > > checklist to choose a teacher? > > > > It seems common sense to me.
I think the list is common sense -- would you choose a teacher that doesn't walk his or her talk, that is paranoid? Its not a big stretch. Others points are more of a think piece: one who dwells on opulence? Not necesarily a bad thing, but may imply a different road, a different trip, a different bus than a more modest teacher. As do things like encouraging or not encouraging debate and free-inquiry. But the biggest value of the list, IMO, is that it opens seekers awareness to the possibility of such qualities being uncovered down the road. At first sight, most teachers are grand and wonderful. No sense of anything questionable, odd or corrupt. The question doesn't enter the mind. But I think it IS a good thing to consider, sort of like pre-marriage counselling, "here is a list of things that MAY pop up over the years. You should be open-eyed about that, and consider some initial strategies should such be found. Otherwise, if histroy is any guide, you may be stuck in denial for years, paralyzed, unable to act, until the denial begins to mature to rationality, enablng action. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
