Re: Open Access for RPG

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,

_I'm_ sure you've made a difference.

In addition, never doubt that your presentations and/or explanations
are by far some of the best I've ever come across.  In fact, in trying
to figure out what I could submit as an article...one of my main
concerns is how badly my presentation would look compared to what you
put out!

Sincerely,
Charles Wilt

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Scott Klement
<rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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 large, the RPG community is decades out of date.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?
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