On 2/5/21 10:41 AM, Michael Dexter wrote:
On 2/5/21 10:22 AM, Ben Koenig wrote:
Failure to teach basic linguistic skills will ultimately result in
adults who routinely fail to understand simple statements. Not only
am I struggling to properly convey my thoughts, you are struggling to
properly understand the message as it was written. Imagine the chaos
20 years from now when the children of today's Zoom classes start
taking on real responsibility.
If I read this correctly, you are saying that a number of attendees
are struggling with basic comprehension, attendees, who, in my case,
have had 8 hours of online events in 24 hours while juggling a job and
the needs of a family of five during a pandemic.
Do I have that right?
No, that is not a correct. You actually ignored several important
details and added the idea that I am judging you, personally. This is
simply not the case and if you want to understand more.. read on...
Based solely on the single paragraph you pulled from my email, I can see
why you would come to such a conclusion. In a sense, you made the same
mistake Rich did earlier. Take a single piece from a larger message and
extrapolate to form a completely new and unintended meaning. This often
involves adding whatever you personally are feeling at the time into the
mix even if the statement had nothing to do with you.
Which it did not. Who was Ben replying to? Where in his email was
Michael mentioned? At what point did Ben refer to any PLUG users
specifically?
It's kind of amusing to note that in the paragraph you quoted, I use the
term "you are struggling..." Based on the text as it shows in my email
client it appears that a user by the name of "Ben Koenig" made that
statement in reply to a user named "Michael Dexter". However, if you go
back to the original email you will notice that "Ben Koenig" was
actually replying to "Rich Shepard".
So if Ben is referring to Rich, why is Michael taking it personally?
Rich is the only person who has any reason to take this personally.
Also in that same paragraph, did Michael notice that Ben admitted that
Ben sometimes struggles to properly convey his thoughts?
I'm really not trying to be mean here. I just think it's fascinating how
quickly a conversation can fall apart and if I'm gonna be totally honest
here.. I'm kind of annoyed that the emails I write are repeatedly
twisted to mean things that I didn't actually write. I also admit that
such scenarios amuse the hell of out me so I tend to poke the bear.
So relax.. and if you read all the way down to the bottom of this email
before replying, congratulations!
-Ben
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