"Andrew C. Ward" <acward at uqconnect.net.au> :>With respect to 'tone' and 'friendliness', perhaps all that >is meant or needed is that people be polite and respectful.>I shake my head as often at rude answersOh, by gosh, by golly. I don't think an occasional dose of 'real life', via a jab from the Professor, will cause any lasting harm to the cosseted & emolumated students and academics on the List. On a Wall St trading desk, for example, every day one is kicked in the head more brutally by clients, superiors, counterparts, the markets & etc, than ever one would be by the Professor. Plus, the Professor's jabs are good Schadenfreudic fun for the rest of us. . Regards, Steve Wisdom Westport CT US ps/ In the interest of full disclosure, I own four of the Professor's books
Steve Wisdom wrote:> I don't think an occasional dose of 'real life', via a jab from the > Professor, will cause any lasting harm to the cosseted & emolumated > students and academics on the List. > > On a Wall St trading desk, for example, every day one is kicked in > the head more brutally by clients, superiors, counterparts, the > markets & etc, than ever one would be by the Professor. > > Plus, the Professor's jabs are good Schadenfreudic fun for the rest > of us.Uhhhh, there's more than ***one*** rude professor who contributes to the list. Although I play in a very minor league academically, I like to think that my capacity for rudeness is right up there with the best of them! :-) cheers, Rolf Turner rolf at math.unb.ca P. S. My New Oxford Dictionary lists the word ``emolument'' as a noun, but does not list a verb ``emolumate''. (???) R. T.