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<<Jean, for example, has
spoken about one reason she writes is the "fifteen minutes of fame"
effect. It's fair to say that she also values the "leaving the world a
better place" effect. >>

I'm not sure the first one influences me much at all - too much hard work - and I don't remember ever speaking about this - but I have been writing for many years now, so I don't remember everything I have said.

The second one is very much on my mind at all times - and makes all the hard work worth it.

There is also another important factor - the once-a-teacher-always-a-teacher one. I have been teaching since my younger sisters were born. I couldn't wait until they were old enough so I would have live "students" instead of dolls when I played school. And since I was the oldest, I was ALWAYS the teacher - my birthright!!!!!!

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teacher one. I have been teaching since my younger sisters were born.
I couldn't wait until they were old enough so I would have
live "students" instead of dolls when I played school. And since I was
the oldest, I was ALWAYS the teacher - my birthright!!!!!!

Quite true. Having been a teacher for a while, even though quite a few
years have passed since then, I am always interested in explaining
things to others.

Another aspect of this is, it is when you try to teach/explain to
others, that you truly understand your level of understanding (or the
lack of it) of the subject. When we cannot explain it to someone else,
often conveniently brushing it aside with a quip "it is too difficult
to explain", or "it is beyond your understanding", it invariably
reflects a lack of complete understanding on our own part. The same is
true when we start to write about something.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "queenofcomps" <queenofcomps@...> wrote:

There is also another important factor - the once-a-teacher-always-a-

#3

Another aspect of this is, it is when you try to teach/explain to
others, that you truly understand your level of understanding (or the
lack of it) of the subject. When we cannot explain it to someone

else,

often conveniently brushing it aside with a quip "it is too difficult
to explain", or "it is beyond your understanding", it invariably
reflects a lack of complete understanding on our own part. The same

is

true when we start to write about something.

This is a very good observation. Bob Dancer said something similar as
part of his response.

Very often I'll enter a discussion with the intent of explaining
something to someone, but I'll come out of the discussion with a better
understanding of the issue than I had before. Or I'll come out of the
discussion with a useful tool that I didn't have before.

The act of writing something up forces you to confront every part of a
question and pinpoints any fuzziness in your understanding.

--Dunbar

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Adams Myth" <Adams_Myth@...> wrote:

#4

Dunbar wrote: The act of writing something up forces you to confront
every part of a
question and pinpoints any fuzziness in your understanding.

I agree completely. A related point is that publishing what you write
(as opposed to writing and not publishing) subjects your writing to the
criticism of others. This can be painful, but it is educational. In many
ways this is like WinPoker or other computer trainer flashing "Major
Error" when you make a mistake. Almost all of us here have benefited
from this sort of correction while practicing, while players who do not
practice with a computer have no accurate way to access how well they
are doing. Only the ones who actually publish get the benefit of this
correction about the rest of their knowledge.

"Publishing," as I'm using it above, does not have to be limited to
being paid for what you write. Posting your theories on vpFREE or
similar forum gives you this same sort of peer review.

Bob Dancer

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