Re: Didactics and Akademe

[herbgottlieb@juno.com (Herbert H Gottlieb)]

 brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net> writes:
> I thought I caught in this, a moment of Professor Dykstra's insight.
> One must be driven towards an ideal of student capability that can 
> perfectly decorate one's own understanding; yet on the other hand one
> demands that the very best can discard and distain one's hardest won
> academic values.

I think that I agree with the above statement... but I am not sure.
Could you please rephrase it a bit?

Thanks

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where we rarely ever discard and distain one's hardest won academic
values)