>To all Xmca-er's
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> The term "lurker" when referring to many of the Xmca ers who are
>"listening" rather than responding is a very negative label.
>
> What's great about this list is not only the caliber of the discussions
>but the fact that one can learn and enjoy without being forced to respond.
>Similar to classrooms, where many very quiet and introspective students are
>learning more than those who rattle and prattle to impress the teacher.
>Some of these students and some of these "lurkers" are of the mind that
>they do not wish to speak unless it improves the silence.
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> But to flippantly refer to them as "lurkers" may make them feel that the
>"publish or perish world" of inane studies and mindless research filling
>many journals and dissertations is creeping into the Xmca protocol. I'm
>sure that this is not what's intended, but the implicit curriculum
>sometimes is more damaging than the explicit.
>
> What I love about this list and on going discussions is that much is
>learned from people thinking out loud and modeling the thought processes
>for other "experts" in the field and the novitiate who are learning. This
>is why we have two ears and two eyes but only one mouth.
>
>Just one voice crying in the wilderness of cyberspace
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