Klarinet Archive - Posting 000904.txt from 1997/02

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Upsetting situation
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:14:10 -0500

>Regarding the furor over the posting of "appropriate" questions. Certainly
>there is, and should never be, a bar to questions for the vast resource of
>the clarinet list. However . . . I'd like to throw in a bit of wisdom
>from my grandfather. Whenever, as a child, I would ask him the meaning of
>a word he would always answer "go look it up". He wasn't trying to avoid
>helping me, but rather doing me the much bigger, and lifelong, favor of
>encouraging me to learn how to find things out on my own.
>
>Now the Klarinet list, with all of its expertise, is a wonderful place to
>"go look it up". Many of you have an incredible amount of knowledge right
>at your fingertips. However, perhaps that makes it a little too easy for
>the rest of us. I think it would provide an even greater service if,
>instead of (or in addition to) the easy answer, people would provide
>references or other recommendations for research. Sure, it's more work but
>we'd all learn a lot more in the long run. And how else do you start
>answering questions as well as asking?
>
>Jordan

Yes, but...
Isn't asking people on the list a form of "looking it up"? Also, an
advantage of "looking it up" on Klarinet (as opposed to a single reference)
is that you get the benefit of many clarinetists' experiences and points of
view (of course, it might be worthwhile to temper that with an "objective"
reference, as well!)
-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410) 955-3631

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