I gave your phrase a high absurdity rating for two reasons:
1. It included the phrase "online sensei" 2. You would be unlikely to have an online sensei at all if it weren't for your parents teaching you things like how to read. Not to mention other basic skills like, say, feeding yourself. And providing you the education that allowed you to get online in the first place. So I think any online sensei would have a lot of catching up to do, even if you find his teachings more applicable in the present.
Probably because right now I'm teaching a baby to eat, which is a royal pain and not not nearly as instinctual as I thought. And potty training. One can't get far without potty training - right?
As far as senseis go, does it matter if a teacher is online or not? I have to mull that one over.
While parents may instill the basics of life through example and instruction (and not all parents teach their children to read, remember), there comes a point when some parents just shrug their shoulders and say things like "find out yourself."
If the phrase had included the word "good" before parents, I would completely agree with you. However, I have known many people that had to learn about life themselves, and sometimes having someone to help you up that slippery slope, be it an online sensei or someone face to face, can be better than going it on your own.
I dunno, it seems like letting someone lay all the tough groundwork, and then say that someone else teaches you more about life because he makes a few good posts is a cop out ;)
Of course, all parents, just like all online senseis, are not created equal.
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Date: 2006-01-13 12:54 pm (UTC)1. It included the phrase "online sensei"
2. You would be unlikely to have an online sensei at all if it weren't for your parents teaching you things like how to read. Not to mention other basic skills like, say, feeding yourself. And providing you the education that allowed you to get online in the first place. So I think any online sensei would have a lot of catching up to do, even if you find his teachings more applicable in the present.
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Date: 2006-01-13 02:11 pm (UTC)Probably because right now I'm teaching a baby to eat, which is a royal pain and not not nearly as instinctual as I thought. And potty training. One can't get far without potty training - right?
As far as senseis go, does it matter if a teacher is online or not? I have to mull that one over.
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Date: 2006-01-13 05:25 pm (UTC)Buddhist koan sound.
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Date: 2006-01-13 03:34 pm (UTC)If the phrase had included the word "good" before parents, I would completely agree with you. However, I have known many people that had to learn about life themselves, and sometimes having someone to help you up that slippery slope, be it an online sensei or someone face to face, can be better than going it on your own.
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Date: 2006-01-13 03:50 pm (UTC)Of course, all parents, just like all online senseis, are not created equal.
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Date: 2006-01-13 05:24 pm (UTC)