Re: Criteria time

Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Thu, 08 Jan 1998 23:25:23 -0500

> earlier post).  Now, what happens when "idea" directed comments are taken
> personally--when they are taken as brow beating?  This happens a lot too.  A
> lot of this does have to do with tone, tho, and the way the ideas are
> presented, but a lot of it also has to do with the how secure the persons
> reading idea directed comments are.

Good point there.  You're right about that, which is that some of us have
higher or lower thresholds.  And as I am sure Will shall point out (Aside
to Will: I feel very strange saying "Will will point out."), part of the
teaching process is in helping students understand that a critique of a
work is not a critique of a person.  Which (I think) is what we're agreeing
on.

I'd be interested in hearing from people who felt that they were under
attack; it would make things here perhaps clearer -- and certainly add a
little spice!

--tim