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 Re: Would we say the same thing if our identity was known?
Author: Ralph Katz 
Date:   2003-12-09 16:39

Mark & Hank,

I generally agree with the importance of anonymity, in the situation you describe. Stories are legion about teacher/student reprisals. What is a student to do when their careers are on the line and their teacher has issues? This has happened to friends and to close relatives, and it can be an enormous problem. A relative's graduate advisor was becoming alcoholic, and the relative ended up transferring. A friend's advisor had him doing research that generated meaningless data, rendering his PhD thesis unacceptable - his committee got him a new advisor, who helped him find a new problem, and so that he managed to do both the research and writeup in two years flat. Both of these people suffered, even though there were no reprisals.

The denizens of this board in general don't have this sort of relationship, although it is sure possible for students and teachers to read each others' posts. To that extent, anonymity is reasonable. After school, it might seem better to use your own name, but there are still politics involved in the job market, and you never know who is listening. I am sure that this influences people to keep operating under pseudonyms.

Some threads here are real gems, and some don't quite come up to that level. However, this board is an open forum, and things don't always go the way you want them to. For example, my 25-year-old ligature is showing its age and I want to get a new one, so I start a thread. People recommend some good products, but others tell me I should keep the old lig and just practice more, which is ridiculous. I don't know how they want me to practice when my the welds on my ancient lig come completely undone. In any case, my thread has been hijacked, no matter by people using their own names or not, and the question may not get answered. On the other hand, it hasn't cost me anything.

Regards
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Hank Lehrer 2003-12-06 23:56 
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Bob A 2003-12-07 00:04 
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Hank Lehrer 2003-12-07 00:20 
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Brian Peterson 2003-12-07 00:36 
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Hank Lehrer 2003-12-07 00:53 
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LeWhite 2003-12-07 02:53 
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Mark Charette 2003-12-07 03:20 
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Rachel 2003-12-07 03:05 
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Mark Charette 2003-12-07 03:18 
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sfalexi 2003-12-07 03:54 
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LeWhite 2003-12-07 10:08 
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Rev. Avery 2003-12-07 10:39 
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Mark Charette 2003-12-07 14:37 
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Alphie 2003-12-07 18:15 
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RonD 2003-12-07 18:33 
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Rene 2003-12-08 06:14 
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msloss 2003-12-08 14:36 
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Hank Lehrer 2003-12-08 22:28 
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msloss 2003-12-09 15:20 
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Hank Lehrer 2003-12-09 16:13 
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Ralph Katz 2003-12-09 16:39 


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