Comment on Mandatory Secret Identities

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:59:41 GMT

Are you saying that teachers who don't externally practice the thing they're teaching won't make good teachers? Or that they're not worthy of respect at all? If the former, I agree with Yvain and others that we have better metrics for determining teacher quality. If the latter, I'm not sure why this would be the case. The comparison to literary critics doesn't answer that question; it just accesses our assumed cached thoughts about literary critics. What's the problem with people wanting to be literary critics?

The post proposes a required formula for respect, but it never explains what quantity that formula intends to maximize. What's the goal here?

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