Nina (and others), Janis' point was not about superlatives alone: it was also about lies and deliberately misleading statements. Do you also accept those as a matter of course? If you do, what good is your word?
Nina Pesochinsky wrote: > The question is who controls the student - other people of his/her internal > drive? Actually, the question was how manipulative certain people are, and how much certain other people are willing to tolerate it (and even get behind it) on Tango-A. > If it is other people, then he/she needs to spend lots of money on lots of > lessons to figure it out. It is a journey, and the words don't matter. > And the sentences above endorse a trickle-down policy of... well, bullshit. Perhaps it's my silly "internal drive" talking here, but I simply don't see how one person's innocence can possibly justify another's abuse. I agree with the notion that every teacher has at least a little to offer, perhaps even a gem. The problem is that bad teachers also offer heaps of gaudy junk. That a fake Rolex tells time does not make it any the less fake. Jake _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l