Scott;
YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. Along with a handful of others on this list and in the i community at large.
You have an exceptional teaching capability, through two rather cumbersome mediums, email and print. I'm sorry I've never been able to attend one of your live sessions, which is truly my loss.
I appreciate all you have done for this community.
Duane Christen
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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:29 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: Open Access for RPG
Hi Dennis,
Yes. When one has tried, over and over, to persuade others in the
merits of his own ways, the fault is obviously with the others. It
could not possibly be related to presentation or ability to
teach/lead. There was an instructor with that attitude at a
university I attended. He wasn't there long, though. Keep telling yourself this, John.
(sigh)
In some cases, you're right, it's the instructors fault. But on the other hand, you can't teach someone who won't listen or even try to learn.
I've done my best, for years, trying _very_ hard to make a change to this community. To get people to wake up to new possibilities, to improve their skills, so that RPG and IBM i aren't left forever with that "legacy" stigma. I think I've made a difference, but still by and large, the RPG community is decades out of date.
But as you say, perhaps it's my ability to present. Or my ability to teach/lead. I'm not a teacher (by trade) so perhaps I was a fool to try.
And since there's no money in teaching, I still have to work my "real"
job. So after 7 years of giving up my free time, vacation time, etc to teach (while still working full-time as a programmer, not a teacher) I'm extremely burned out and just tired... sooooo tired...
I read somewhere that people are happiest when trying something new. The happiest periods of people's lives is when they're successful in trying new things. Yet, their natural inclination is to keep doing what they're already doing, and not to change at all.
Isn't that ironic?
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