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benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2005-10-18 06:15 pm

I don't understand

The amount of flack I've gotten for wanting to teach about Forge theory without arguing about it. Do people not understand the difference between a polemic and a teaching text? Or do the simply not recognize the latter as having any value?

Feh.

[identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

I am 2/3rds through a teaching text called "An introduction to Forge Theory" on my other blog -- http://benlehman.blogspot.com/

I'd be very happy to get feedback on it, although (given the above), I'd prefer feedback of the "I don't understand this" sort, rather than that "you are all wrong" sort. If you can say "you are all wrong" and actually say, coherently, why, then the essay has succeeded.

yrs--
--Ben

[identity profile] arianhwyvar.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks, I'll definitely check it out. Sadly, I have a tendancy to completely forget about non-LJ blogs these days, now that I have no personal list of them on my own page. I'll try to remember.

[identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
There is a livejournal feed at [livejournal.com profile] thisismyblog, if you care to actually subscribe.

[identity profile] arianhwyvar.livejournal.com 2005-10-20 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome! Got it.