Received: from weber.ucsd.edu (weber.ucsd.edu [132.239.147.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id NAA01226 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 13:53:39 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from lmiller@localhost on ttyv4) by weber.ucsd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA21603 for socgrad@csf.colorado.edu; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 12:53:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 12:53:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Laura Miller Message-Id: <199609301953.MAA21603@weber.ucsd.edu> To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Lectures and Learning (fwd) forwarded message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From DONNAB@muskie2.usmacs.maine.edu Mon Sep 30 07:33:32 1996 Received: from PORTLAND.CAPS.MAINE.EDU (portland.caps.maine.edu [130.111.130.4]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id HAA08320 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 1996 07: 3:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from muskie2.usmacs.maine.edu by PORTLAND.CAPS.MAINE.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Mon, 30 Sep 96 09:31:13 EDT Received: from MUSKIE2/TEMPQ by muskie2.usmacs.maine.edu (Mercury 1.21); 30 Sep 96 09:33:21 EST5EDT Received: from TEMPQ by MUSKIE2 (Mercury 1.21); 30 Sep 96 09:33:07 EST5EDT >From: "donna bird" To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 09:33:01 EST5EDT Subject: Lectures and Learning Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.01) Message-ID: <4D49BFB3668@muskie2.usmacs.maine.edu> I'm fascinated that the current discussion about the appropriateness of T.R. Young's participation in this group has just come up for the first time since I joined the listserv a couple of years ago. I always wondered why he was so actively involved, but I didn't think to complain, since I find the information in many of his mini-lectures interesting and thought-provoking. I've certainly mentioned some of his ideas in my classes! I had also wondered why the mini-lectures so seldom prompted discussion among members of the listserv. From that point of view, I welcome the current controversy---at least it means someone is paying attention! TR has my affirmative vote. I should note for the record that I'm a middle-aged doctoral student at UConn who works full time as a health services researcher and teaches undergraduate sociology courses at USM. I don't regularly participate in the discussions because 1) I don't have a lot of time 2)I have trouble getting involved in some of the more theoretical discussions---seems like the kind of stuff that would make more sense over coffee 3)I have difficulty relating to the experiences of people who are full-time graduate students, since I never did that. I've always worked a regular job while I went to grad school. This is by no means a value judgment, just an acceptance of difference. Be well, Donna Bird ********************************************************** Donna C. Bird Research Associate Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs University of Southern Maine PO Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104-9300 207/780-4102 (direct phone) 207/780-4417 (fax)