Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:17:44 -0700 (MST) From: Martha Gimenez To: psn-seminars@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Previously sent to the seminar (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:44:51 -0800 From: Earl Babbie To: gimenez@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Previously sent to the seminar At 10:37 2/20/98 -0700, Brett Johnson wrote: > >Even I though I feel that I benefit from the writing process and >that I am a very able writer, writing is difficult for me because I do not >receive as much fulfillment from it as from direct human interaction. I am >Marcuse's ideal as my eros (creative impulse) runs wild and I don't like >to defer gratification. Teaching provides that immediate gratification >as I can see students appreciating my hours of work and my insights. I >value the enterprise of writing but I would rather share my insights in >other ways. Actually, the internet may offer the solution to this dilemma. You can get immediate responses to things you communicate through writing, and you can pull together the evolution of an idea through a series of interactions and publish it as an article or book. I've found the net a great device for trying out and polishing ideas. earl ----------------------------------------------------------- kth Law of CyberSpace: We are all, as individuals, in over our heads. ----------------------------------------------------------- Earl Babbie Tel: 714-997-6565 babbie@chapman.edu Fax: 714-281-6213 http://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/socsci/sociology/Faculty/Babbie/