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[DCT Jared Smith]

>things about you)  At the first sign of trouble the average user
>blames everyone but themselves and badmouths the system, hardware
>and everyone else they can think of.  They expect the world to spoon
>feed them and take care of everything and then whine and cry when it
>doesn't happen.

Time for some blah blah blah

An adversarial approach to the joy of teaching does
indeed, make it into a labor.

The basic principle of compassion for inanimate objects leads
to compassion for animate ones, and is easier to teach.

ie. Hone your ability to summarize a student's whining into
its component parts, then demonstrate how accusing the
computer of a mistake is nonsensical, symptomatic of a
problem which resides entirely outside the computer. He'll 
figure out what actually makes sense, given that information.

And remember: Teach as an invitation to joy. Get out if
you're not having fun.

I want you to inspire me.

-Jared