Re: Open Access for RPG -- RPG400-L

And of course I can't find it on COMMON's web site (shocker), but it wasn't
too long ago that Scott got some coveted award. Probably as close to a HOF
as we'll get.

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Marc Couture <couturem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Scott,

Unfortunately there isns't a hall of fame for IT yet.

But for sure you will get my vote !

Thanks for your dedication.

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance"
(Derek Bok, pres. of Harvard Univ. 1971-1990)

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:29:15 -0500
From: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Open Access for RPG

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large, the RPG community is decades out of date.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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