Greetings, fellow horn list readers.
First, a disclaimer. I've only read the list for a period of months so
I don't yet have a sense of the culture here. Second, though I'm a bit
of an introvert, I confess that I've spent a good part of my adult life
as a primary educator and thus, have my lifetime
second-grade-teacher-don't-mess-with-me certificate.
Part of the fun of reading this list is the variety of approaches to
technical issues and problems. Where else can people lapse rhapsodic
for three weeks over chemical properties of slide grease? I also
appreciate the wide range of experience from amateurs to professionals
and from beginner to teacher. I'm gradually working my chops back into
shape after a long hiatus, so the practice tips have been invaluable.
The list even has professional humorists, and, punny though they be,
some of the posts make me smile.
Here's my question for the group: When a battle becomes heated, like
the recent one surrounding the online trumpet teacher and his devotees
and detractors, is it the practice of the other members of the list to
1) simply ignore it until it goes away, 2) politely ask that the
mud-slinging and barb throwing be taken off list to protect our
keyboards, or 3) call for a "time out" on the playground? I'm a little
too lazy to dig out the scholarly article I read in the last month on
the reasons that conversations on the Net "go south" so rapidly, but
/did/ find a short blog post related to the topic. For your perusal:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/14pogue-email-2/ My apologies
if the NYT's registration process makes it clunky - I do know it's not
behind the "pay wall."
Thanks, in advance, for your thoughts.
Joyce
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