Why One of 1050 members lurk

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at plantnet.com
Mon Jan 8 08:25:09 EST 2001


To: Lew Twist,

<< One of the reasons I lurk and don't post is-Fear. Most, if not all of 
you guys are real scholars ... >>

Not all of us are scholars. I like to participate as much as possible, and 
I'm far from being a scholar. I have no post-grad degrees, and my 
occupation is "house-husband" (that is, my wife works, while I take care of 
children and home). One of the best ways to learn is to have someone more 
knowledgeable than oneself to point out one's mistakes, but they can only 
do this if you are willing to expose yourself to such criticism. And like 
most situations in life, the best way to conduct a dialogue with others is 
with honesty. If someone says something which appears incorrect to you, you 
don't have to risk being proven wrong by telling that person that they were 
wrong, one could instead ask: "But I always thought ... yada, yada, yada. 
Do you mean to suggest that this is not correct? Why?" (or something 
similar). Actually, I think you will find that most participants of this 
list are very respectful of others, no matter how limited their knowledge 
of Greek might be. In fact, I believe you will find that most of the more 
active participants of this list really love it when someone chimes in with 
an easy question, such questions give a nice break from the perennial 
mind-boggling problems which often get discussed on this list. So my advice 
to you, and others, would be:

Expose yourself!

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
Old e-mail address: scmiller at plantnet.com
New e-mail address: stevencraigmiller at home.com






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