Liz, I'd like to think that Pragmatists, in your example, might find a teacher and start riding with training wheels or someone to steady them. I don't think that only Activists would actually get on the bike--even Theorists and Reflectors might eventually! I say this because I might be considered somewhere between a Pragmatist and Theorist, in that I taught myself bobbin lace from books, even Flanders and Binche, only taking classes after starting each type from books. (Maybe a little bit of Activist since I have worked from a pricking without any diagrams or model/picture, but that was only Torchon.)
Anyway, I'd like to think that all learning types would eventually get on the bike and learn to ride it themselves! Nancy Connecticut USA ________________________________ From: The Lace Bee <thelace...@btinternet.com> To: jeria...@aol.com; Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 4:57:28 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Instructions - Written Out for the Teacherless .... When trying to explain Honey Mumford we use the tale of trying to learn to ride a bicycle - and you will all see yourselves in this one: Activists will grab the bike and try to ride it (falling off it and getting back on but keeping trying). Pragmatists will go and get all the bicycle riding studies and start a discussion group on the results of the studies, analysing the data from different sources. Theorists will buy the best book on bicycle riding and study it making sure that they have all the recommended equipment together before even attempting to unlock the bicycle from the gatepost. After all, if you get the right book you could do brain surgery ... Reflectors will stand back and observe the other people, those riding (and falling off the bike), those in the discussion group, those reading the book. They will then start to write down their observations and conclusions and producing data on their observations. .... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
