In a message dated 4/6/2009 7:56:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rpaul@xxxxxxxx writes: > addressed in this way, I feel an undefined pressure on my relationship > to them, and I find myself silently resisting. I can't change this > tendency, but I don't have to like it. You feel as you feel. Perhaps the fact that we teach at different institutions—different sorts of institutions—explains our different views. Robert Paul The Reed Institute ---- In our modern times, it is otiose for an instructor to use the _name_ of a student, in any case. Ditto, it is otiose to use name of instructor. "Instructor" and "Student" do -- why bother with anything else? Cheers, JL The Swimming-Pool Library ps. Have you heard of the earth-wake in Italy? Why is it so trembling up there? **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621488x1201450096/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html