Re: Today's jaw dropper

[brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>]

At 09:02 10/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
> There seems to be a curious, i.e., questionable,  presumption in recent
> posts to this thread that there are established correlations between a
> person being:
> 1.  a significant scientific innovator
> 2.  a good teacher
> 3.  a model for, or judge of, moral behavior
> I see no reason to think that these are necessarily correlated....


> I see no reason to think that brilliance in research has any correlation
> with teaching excellence.  And no reason to think that even excellent
> teaching can turn a good student into a significant innovator.
> Non-brilliance in, non-brilliance out.  A good teacher facilitates a Ph. d.
> in transit.

> I don't think Einstein ever had an academic position where he would have
> had students.  (... I could
> well be wrong and would be happy to be corrected.)

This was an interesting post - in the short time I have on hand for lunch
I should only comment that Einstein did in fact hold such a teaching post.
 It's fair to say he hated it!

I'll try to come back later with better responses to your note.

Brian
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK