Re: conlanging during class (Re: Grammatical Summary of Kemata)
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 15, 2001, 9:57 |
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Quoting John Cowan <cowan@...>:
> Q: Since it is the teacher who knows and the student who wishes to
> know, why is it that the teacher asks most of the questions?
>
> A: Because the teacher's purpose is not to provide the student with
> information, but to break down the conceptual blocks in the
> student's mind that prevent him from realizing what he knows.
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> --Northrop Frye (paraphrased) (following the _Meno_)
On the other hand, most people don't *actually* believe in the
theory of metempsychosis on which that statement was premised,
so it should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
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