Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eBDGeX903390; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:40:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 11:40:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2d.4df1d5c.2768ffe4@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Rmc2km@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:324] Re: Questions about Purpose X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 109 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1032 Lines: 18 Yes, Donna, it is those rules that aren't written down that have the most power. I used to think that some people were just better as "intuiting" them then others...but I think there is more to that. Someone has to at least teach you that there are rules that are unspoken, and that you get penalized whether you know them or not. Even within my own family...the boys learned a different set of rules about being in the world than I did. And I was very fortunate early in my career to have a mentor who taught me about the rules and also how to decide when and how to break them. It has served me very well. Now I know that the first thing I need to do in a new job for instance...is learn the rules...then I am free to "comply or not". I think everyone need a mentor like I had. I agree that we need to teach adult learners the rules and then to teach them that they need to think critically about them and break them when appropriate...which is more times that one would imagine. Kate Monaghan UGA Grad Student
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