Re: Open Access for RPG

[Scott Klement <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dennis,

> Yes.  When one has tried, over and over, to persuade others in the merits of
> his own ways, the fault is obviously with the others.  It could not possibly
> be related to presentation or ability to teach/lead.  There was an
> instructor with that attitude at a university I attended.  He wasn't there
> long, though.  Keep telling yourself this, John.

(sigh)

In some cases, you're right, it's the instructors fault.  But on the 
other hand, you can't teach someone who won't listen or even try to learn.

I've done my best, for years, trying _very_ hard to make a change to 
this community.  To get people to wake up to new possibilities, to 
improve their skills, so that RPG and IBM i aren't left forever with 
that "legacy" stigma.  I think I've made a difference, but still by and 
large, the RPG community is decades out of date.

But as you say, perhaps it's my ability to present.  Or my ability to 
teach/lead.  I'm not a teacher (by trade) so perhaps I was a fool to try.

And since there's no money in teaching, I still have to work my "real" 
job.  So after 7 years of giving up my free time, vacation time, etc to 
teach (while still working full-time as a programmer, not a teacher) I'm 
extremely burned out and just tired... sooooo tired...

I read somewhere that people are happiest when trying something new. The 
happiest periods of people's lives is when they're successful in trying 
new things.  Yet, their natural inclination is to keep doing what 
they're already doing, and not to change at all.

Isn't that ironic?