Re: Thank you, Bob Geitz

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Re^2: Thank you, Bob Geitz by Whitehawke (Pilgrim) on Mar 11, 2005 at 07:26 UTC
From the docs: Where do I post X? ... Meditations * Epiphanies related to programming and perl in general This is my personal epiphany about programming. I'm sorry if you feel it's inappropriate.	[reply]
Re^3: Thank you, Bob Geitz by fergal (Chaplain) on Mar 11, 2005 at 11:45 UTC
I think the point of posting an epiphany is not just to tell everyone you had an epiphany but so other can benefit from your new-found knowledge. I'm 50-50 on this but if you'd actually given us a sample or an explanation of why Bob's courses were totally different to any other CS lecturer, something that we could take away and use to make ourselves better communicators and teachers, then I'd be 100% on your side.	[reply]
Re^4: Thank you, Bob Geitz by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 11, 2005 at 14:22 UTC
Exactly. A post that is of no conceivable benefit to the rest of the PerlMonks community is junk. However, it should be mentioned that there is an appropriate place to put such material: on your home node.	[reply]
Re^5: Thank you, Bob Geitz by punkish (Priest) on Mar 13, 2005 at 17:38 UTC
Re^5: Thank you, Bob Geitz by RazorbladeBidet (Friar) on Mar 11, 2005 at 16:13 UTC
Re^6: Thank you, Bob Geitz by jdporter (Paladin) on Mar 11, 2005 at 16:25 UTC
Re^2: Thank you, Bob Geitz by talexb (Chancellor) on Mar 11, 2005 at 18:37 UTC
I didn't waste any votes downvoting any of your comments on this thread .. the point's been made. I didn't have an epiphany or 'sudden realization' when I was starting my university degree, but as a Math student taking an Engineering draffting class, I did have some smart-ass first year Engineering student tell me I was wasting my time trying to make up courses to get into Engineering. Sometimes all it takes is someone to tell you it can't be done -- then you make it happen. If you teach someone something, or even encourage them, and they come back months or years later to thank you, that has to rank high on anyone's list of Life Achievements. And I think that was the spirit of the original post. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]