Brilliant too humble Bob!
Your most excellent,
Philippe du Bérêt du Camembert de la Baguette
;-)
Le 1 déc. 13 à 21:07, Bob Whitmire a écrit :
> Oh, Piers, that's so '50s. In the new century, we give praise for
> anything even remotely correct. <g>
>
> On that subject, my daughter in law, a university librarian,
> recently was asked to help a student--an immigrant from Latin
> America--research the hypothesis that too much praise, i.e., grammar
> school certificates for best applause and other nonsense of that
> order, was detrimental to the overall development of young minds.
> (Note clear prejudicial POV of this reporter.) She reports that she
> was unable to find anything to support the hypothesis; in fact, she
> said all the research she found contradicted the student's notion.
>
> Clearly we must begin allocating applause for members of the list
> who, for example, write creative subject lines, or who show the
> highest degree of sympathy or empathy toward members who attempt to
> post links to pictures, even if the links don't work, etc. We may--
> MAY, mind you--be remiss in not gently protesting those who proffer
> corrections or criticisms of linguistic and grammatical stumbles, or
> those who submit criticisms of posted photos. Special Time Outs
> would be the lot of members such as Moose who have the temerity to
> actually attempt to _improve_ upon posted images, or at least
> illustrate alternate processing.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Most Wonderful and Exemplary Human Being
>
> (Note: Self-aggrandizement is the new humility.)
>
One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible
to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry in Le Petit Prince.
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