RE: Anyone know about "Wuthering Heights"?
January 26, 2020 at 2:32 pm
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2020 at 2:34 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(January 26, 2020 at 2:20 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(January 26, 2020 at 9:53 am)Brian37 Wrote: You sound like my mother when she said "look the word up in the dictionary". THAT IS FUCKING BULLSHIT.
Just like a magician, "If you don't know, you are a moron for asking"
I fucking hate that bullshit.
It takes NOTHING away from knowing, or appreciation of what someone has to convey, for them to tell you without making you chase it.
I have never fucking liked assholes who pull that shit with me. Tell me what you mean first, don't fucking make me guess. I can still appreciate what you are trying to convey if you tell me up front. It is the same thing to me in any type of education. I am not a lab rat on a wheel out to chase cheese for the amusement of ringmaster.
It isn't that what you might have is not valuable, but in that you don't need to shroud your point like it is a Rubix Cube to stroke your own ego.
The best teachers don't throw people in the deep end, but as teachers learn to relate what they know to others. THAT is why I am asking about the plot of Wuthering Heights. Not because I can't read but I want to know what I am getting into, just like an airline mechanic doesn't know every plane engine, but if to work on one, has to have training BEFORE. It DOES NOT destroy the mystery for me, for others to explain the plot before I read something. It actually HELPS ME appreciate it more.
Wasn't your mother a teacher? Telling kids to look words up is a way for parents and teachers to teach a child to figure things out. It's not a 'you're a moron' statement. It's a teaching moment - as in - try to figure it out. If you still have questions, then ask.
Real teachers teach others how to learn and to use the tools available to them.
Exactly. My own mum was a nurse, not a teacher. But whenever I’d ask her something like, ‘What does this word mean?’, I’d get an answer along the lines of, ‘What do you THINK it means?’ or ‘What do the words around it mean?’ I would always be led to the answer, not given the answer.
Boru
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