> I simply don't think the stereotypes flying around on this list are cool. > For one thing, I'm one of many academics learning to learn in cyberspace > and am aware of many of my colleagues struggles to learn how to use new > tools and resources effectively. I've learned how to listen to thinking > about salinger on this list, for example, and use email discourse to > improve my understanding and insights. It's so easy to attack academics > based on the old stereotypes which may still be true for many, but I don't > think it's all that fruitful, even for bananafish! will I think Will is a perfect example of the ideal academic. He illustrates perfectly the balance between the theory and the emotion and I think values each side equally. I'm certainly not anti academic, but neither am I necessarily anti-amateur reader, either. Like Will I'm attempting to straddle the two sides of interpretation, trying not to let my feelings get in the way of a good theory and vice versa (: Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest