Re: Out of the ashes... (fwd)

["Barbara Benson" <bbenson@delta.uwindsor.ca>]

Hi Stephen - I have resisted the temptation to jump into the fray 
here but your comment has broken down my resistance and so I jump in 
with both feet...amen! to your response.  I find that I don't have a 
lot of time to enter the marvelous discussions on wcentre but I have 
learned and learned and LEARNED from each and every one of you on 
this list.  You are all generous to a fault and each time I have 
asked a question or needed information, I have received much more 
than I ever expected.  I have avoided using capital letters myself in 
the interest of saving time or for the sake of ease and never gave a 
second thought to the fact that my reader or readers might be looking 
at me askance or think that I was deliberately trying to be obscure 
or even humourous.  Should I suddenly start thinking otherwise?  I 
rebel against that!  Let this be a list where we can be who we are 
from one day to the next.  Today I might capitalize everything and 
tomorrow I might not and that is no reflection on my intelligence nor 
on 
my utmost respect for the folks on the list.  We need to lighten up.  
Regards, Barb 




Date:          Mon, 12 May 1997 13:34:27 -0500
Reply-to:      wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
From:          Stephen Newmann <newmann@msmary.edu>
To:            Multiple recipients of list <wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu>
Subject:       Re: Out of the ashes... (fwd)

well, christy, it doesn't work for me.  A flame is a flame and it stinks
even if you call it pedagogy.
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				--stephen

On Mon, 12 May 1997, Eric Crump wrote:

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> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:12:31 -0500 (CDT)
> From: wtgcenter@vax1.bemidji.msus.edu (Writing Resource Center)
> To: Moderated WCENTER <wcentr-l@lists.missouri.edu>
> 
> >From: kearcher@wmich.edu
> >Subject: Out of the ashes...
> >
> >I haven't posted in some time, but the recent round of flaming has made me
> >become aware again just how flame-free and productive w-center can be,
> >especially when I compare it to some of the other "professional" lists I
> >have subscribed--and quickly unsubscribed--to.
> >
> >Kurt Kearcher
> >kearcher@wmich.edu
> 
> Kurt,
> 
> Thanks for your response, Kurt, but I disagree. Our E-Mail conversations
> may have touched off a few fuses but it generated an interest in actually
> finding
> and looking for errors. Okay, you hate me, and some even pushed themselves
> to point out my errors. It was one creative teaching technique that
> sometimes works.  While I agree with those on the list that we do have a
> need for
> "non-judgemental feedback" there are ways to spark a dialogue that actually
> increases a students desire to learn English.  Except in the real world you
> have
> to be careful, because people hesitate to question and as you pointed out
> you get caught up in the flames and lose the message.  Also it works best
> for short term response.
> 
>                                        Christy
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