questions & learning styles

[randy turner]

hi,
i remember myself getting started in linux,
at first it all was pretty overwelming,
after about 2 months i began understanding how it all fit together.
one of the things that i like about the speakup group
is that everybody is so helpfull.
thanks to all
randy


On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> <smile>  I've got to put in my oar here folks.  I need to defend those
> of us who need to be shown what to do before we can do it or
> understand explanations of what we have done.
>
> In my case, I need to do whatever it is before I read about it.  Why?
> Because I can't understand what I read until I have experienced
> whatever action I'm reading about.  Finally, there comes a time for
> me, and I am in that transition now, where because of all that I have
> experienced, I can read a man page or a document and understand what
> I'm reading because I have something to connect the new knowledge to.
>
> I've been following Igor's progress here, and it seems to me that he's
> done his share of reading about things.  I think your reference to
> places to find the info are good, very good, but your implication that
> Igor is taking up the list's time wasn't called for.  If you want to
> go to a techie, unfriendly list, join emacspeak or blinux.  We've
> never turned away anyone from asking questions, even the simple ones.
> I don't want to see us doing it now, cuz if you do, I'll have to
> unsub.    <smile>  Frankly, if I had to remove a user right now, I
> couldn't do it.  I can't remember the syntax!  I do, however, keep
> what I call tips.txt.  In there, I have a bunch of notes on commands
> about how to do stuff.  It's my way of keeping track of stuff I won't
> remember after two days.  One point of information, if you try to look
> up "skuzzy" in a dictionary or a manual, you won't find it.  You have
> to know what you're looking for in order to find it.  In computerese,
> that can be very specific.  Hence if rmuser isn't the right command,
> looking it up under that name will yield naught.
>
> Just my two cents for a Thursday morning.
>
> Ann P.
>
>
>
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