From xod@sixgirls.org Sat Jul 21 21:55:53 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 22 Jul 2001 04:55:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 96588 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2001 04:55:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 22 Jul 2001 04:55:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta1 with SMTP; 22 Jul 2001 04:55:52 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6M4tpO23905 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:55:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:55:50 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Technical arguments driving students away? (was: Re: On a number of parts of threads and single threads disguised as several In-Reply-To: <20010721134752.H20749@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:08:43PM -0400, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > > At 09:40 PM 07/20/2001 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > b) turning off new people who don't generally understand the esoteric > > > > nature of the discussion (and sometimes convincing them that the language > > > > isn't really "done" and hence ready for someone to learn). > > > > > > > > >I agree. > > > > > > > > >The one (1) person in my lojban classes that tried reading the list left > > >almost instantly for this reason. I have had about 6 students so far. > > > > Left the list, or your classes, or both? > > > > If they left the list, then it merely means that we don't have a list > > that reaches the entire community. If they gave up on the language, > > then the technicalities are driving people away. > > Oh, sorry, should have specified. They left the list. pe'idai le do tadni pu djica ma poi jboliste selsnu ----- We do not like And if a cat those Rs and Ds, needed a hat? Who can't resist Free enterprise more subsidies. is there for that!