---Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com> wrote: > > > > The profession of teachers is one of > > the shameful professions - like that of social workers, of bank > > robbers or of psychiatrists - attracting, by its nature, the very > > last people who should be practising it & existing - like the others > > - for the benefit of the practitioners rather than their clients. > > So I should be ashamed to have listened to and enjoyed everyone on this > list? > > So I should be ashamed of even *joining* this list rather than simply > letting the name `Salinger' drift over my martini between epigrams as I > take luncheon with my cronies and readjust my monocle? > > So I should be ashamed of actually learning a lot from being on this list? > >From both official and unofficial teachers? > > So I should be ashamed of allegedly wasting three years of my life > listening to teachers who were obviously just in it for the money and their > own glory? > > I should also be ashamed of letting a few Posts and Structurals creep into > my thoughts and my writings? > > In a lot of ways, I feel very, very sorry for you. I won't use Jim's > succinct language, but can I just ask one more time - why *are* you here if > you can't stand the whole basis of our discourse here? Are you just a > computer generated factor which has been programmed to stop the list > becoming stagnant? > > To everyone else - thanks, and without any guilt, I have learnt a lot and > hope I have taught you a bit too. Cause that's what *I'm* here for. > > Camille > verona_beach@geocities.com > @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 > @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest > I agree with Camille. I am also learning a lot from this list. It's not very often that I am able to discuss Salinger's works with others. I am grateful to all of my English teachers because without them I would never have the love of Great Literature that I know posess. I won't even get into his comments on Social workers and psychiatrists. I suppose that some people are just better to be ignored. -Liz Friedman _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com