On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, jim clark wrote:
An early and coughing good morning. Blasted cold has kept me off the
streets for almost a month :-((. Jim, see you point. One thing that I
have been toying with a lot lately, I am coming to believe that we cannot
change students, that is, we cannot do something to them. If what we are
or do sticks to them, it is because something within them is sticky. It's
not the words I say that are important; it is the words they say to
themeselves. That conversation with themselves that we may trigger is far
more important, influencing, and lasting than anything we can say or do.
In other words, we can't touch a raw nerve unless there is a raw nerve
that they allow us to touch. In the last analysis, if someone says
something to me, I decide if I accept ownership of the words. If I do,
they are mine; if I don't, they are ineffective and they still belong to
the speaker. Mysterious. Needs more thinking.
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier www.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
Valdosta State University
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