Klarinet Archive - Posting 001399.txt from 1997/10

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: statesmanship
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 05:37:51 -0500

Was there something recently on Klarinet which prompted this,
or is it simply an editorial message written on an impulse?
Is penguin lust a socially acceptable deviance? Raspberries.

On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Gholson wrote:

> I suppose I am talking about statesmanship and hope that
> my thoughts inspire open dialogue coupled with the discretion
> that realizes that we cannot pick up that student and escort
> her to a concert, or take him home after a lesson, in a blinding
> snowstorm. It means statesmanship even, when it comes to making
> suggestions to students online. My own strategy is to react to
> a question which could be embarrassing to a given teacher, OFFLINE.
> ..one to one, with my mail going DIRECTLY to the addressee. Even
> here, I would NOT say something that could haunt me later. In my
> opinion, this community that we call the Internet is a wonderful
> thing, but still only as collegial as we make it.