Author : Michael Hart
The following email messages (printed in reverse chronological order) offer a quick insight into the deleterious effects associated with educational conditioning of primary teachers, based on my personal observations of ***.----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: printers/Meg
Dear ****,I'm beginning to feel that helping Meg is a forlorn hope. I just had a brief encounter with her, she was inspecting Mum’s priory, when I came back from getting coffee with Dave, and well, she seems to have no intention of talking to me on any level other then that of an impertinent school child. How to I dismantle this world she has created in her imagination?I wasn’t trying to dominate the discourse in the way in which she does, I was making a polite interjection here & there, but if I said it was black she would have said it was white and would have ignored me.I said it, therefore it must be ‘wrong’ and she will then say anything to make it sound ‘wrong’. The logic seems to be one of "break the weakest link", characteristically this is done by changing the context of what I said or by being deliberately obtuse.I believe this to be a self defence mechanism, which during ‘normal’ interaction, could be a valid reaction but she seems to be desperately avoiding ANY communication that might may ,in some unspecified way, end in her being seen to be stupid , god forbid. Regardless of the environment, this is a typical Meg style reaction.What hope in hell ' s chance of being able to do any good do I really have when the result is that I wish I hadn’t bothered. I get this feeling every time I attempt any level of communication with her, except in a state of affairs in which she wants something. :-)With kind regards,Michael Hart
----- Original Message -----
To: Michael
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 01:17 PM
Subject: Re: printers/Meg
MichaelThanks for keeping me in the loopI guess the good news is, Is that she is trying to reach you in her own way but as an ex school teacher I can only assume she is having difficulty like most of them doHowever you did make me chuckle with the correction of Teachers grammer !!!!!and you were kind with your last sentance " .......with grace and beauty. Its good to see you can rise above it and someone has to be the grown up one and I'm pleased to see it is youBest regards
----- Original Message -----
From: Muchael
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:06 AM
Subject: Fw: printers/Meg
Dear ****,Below is my reply to an email I received from Meg yesterday, needless to say, I'm not overly impressed!
Note that I can’t reasonably see anything less than 12pt, she is well aware of my sight issues but has selected a serif typeface in 10pt, (the worst possible thing you can do)!Why can’t she just get over her ego instead of making poor pretenses, I’ve given her several opportunities to do something, now two weeks later, she only now makes an effort and then only after direct instruction!Why is it that I make the effort, she makes things needlessly difficult, but I’m expected to forgive/forget her antisocial behavior/recklessness/inferiority complex!That said, if she can accept me as an equal, and not just because she wants/needs something & I’m not going to just take her word for it (I now assume everything she says is a lie until proven otherwise), I don’t see any problems, but as evidenced by this sign business, she is still under the delusion that she is a law unto herself.With kind regards,Michael Hart
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael
To: M.P. THOMAS
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 08:34 PM
Subject: Re: printers
Dear Meg,The following sentence fragment looks like a dependent clause with a comma splice, you’re also missing a conjunction or two."...that would be smashing, Wednesday 'cos I will be at the museum."Mixed construction notwithstanding, I assume this is supposed to be something like:"...smashing, not Wednesday..." (incomplete verb)as opposed to:"...smashing. Wednesday cos I will not be at the museum...".Whatever the case, I have no immediate plans for anything serious next week, so any time should be fine.In addition to looking at your new printer. Here are some other things worth consideration:1) Internet connection sharing - Possibly the best way to use your laptop and printer;2) Using MS Word functionality - "Worster (sic) and Birmingham canal";3) Your Outlook message rules - I wager that you won’t see mail from ‘michaelohart’;4) Your WIM responsibilities list - I think your email was coerced;I look forward to working with you to create a bit of grace and beauty.With kind regards,Michael Hart
----- Original Message -----
From: M.P. THOMAS
To: Michael
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 05:28 PM
Subject: printers
Dear MichaelI haven't forgotten your kind offer to show me what my new printer can do, but things have been a little hectic this last week. If you can come round one day next week that would be smashing, Wednesday 'cos I will be at the museum.Meg
----- Original Message -----
From: M.O.Hart
To: ***
Subject: Last recourse of the desperate.Dear ***,It seems that what you believe is of little consequence, the fact is that I have a better degree that you, and I wrote about your behavioural management issues. As a direct result, an educational psychologist carrying out a programme of research, wrote back confirming what I believed to be true.Well, he got back to me, after I annotated and published your "reply" (below), but I’m not going to tell you what he wrote. It included some interesting phraseology such as "last recourse of the desperate". He is going to use all this in his thesis as "anecdotal evidence based on others' personal observations". This was written in ink, in the top margin of the following hand delivered reply, "I am writing you a hand reply as the computer would not send this".Dear MichaelI find your discussion of my supposed cute (awful word) inferiority complex in e-mails an infringement of my privacy. I also wonder if you equate modesty with inferiority. And when I saw the comments by an Ed PsychI'm afraid my credulity (sig) was seriously undermined. I have had dealings with many Ed. Pcshs (sig) over the years and in that time I only met two who had any connection with reality.I must also add that I don't know where he found his subjects, I assume it was in the plural, but in his findings I don't recognise any of the hundreds of teachers I have worked with and met over the last thirty years.The language above is interesting:
1) "The computer would not send this": I'm not overly impressed, surely a case of a poor workwoman blaming her tools in a laughable attempt to refute responsibility.2) "Cute (awful word)": This is a classic avoidance tactic, to dodge conversation, where given the choice between dealing with a problem and ignoring it, a typical response is to answer any side issue and refuseing to acknowledge the real problem, thus creating the illusion of action.3) "Infringement of my privacy": Email is not necessarily subject to protection by intellectual property rights. Even if this were not the case (the content in question is not hers to control), there are exceptions that allow use of copyrighted works of others because they are not considered copying. For example, reproduction of others' work where it is felt that some more important social principles would be violated otherwise.4) "My credulity (sig) was seriously undermined": This is where the real problem arises, a case of "do as I say, not as I do". How many times have we all heard that expression, never a particularly inspiring credo, this doesn't work well. In fact, there's not more than a 50% chance of it ever working.5) "Teachers I have worked with": An unintelligent argument, obviously another avoidance tactic. By definition, the study relates to retired teachers.6) "I only met two who had any connection with reality": If you don't like a theory but can't acknowledge that the evidence exists, then the most sensible thing is to provide a plausible alternative explanation. She is attempting to deride the social principle by attacking the credibility of the person conducting the research and its subjects! The lady protests too much, methinks .Dear ***,I am copying this message to your classicfm address, as it looks like you may have stopped downloading from your blueyonder address and just not told anyone, but I happen to know that this is not the case, you just never acknowledge the emails I send you.This is most likely a mentality issue, I bet you don't respond to any messages, except when people phone up and ask about them!I often send you emails I feel you may find interesting or helpful. If you dislike the things I send you, please just ask me to stop sending them, instead of ignoring them in the hope that they’ll just stop. 'Ignoring' email messages is discourteous and confusing to the sender and will not help much.With kind regards,Michael Hart----- Original Message -----
From: M.O.Hart
To: ***
Subject: Power over others for its own sake is by definition evil.Dear ***,An educational psychologist (PhD), found the article I published last week about your cute little inferiority complex (An Interesting Letter - A Theosophical Article). He liked my "surrogate school children" analogy saying "the situation between you sounds like a typical response to her displacement".He is studying behavioural management and is presently conducting research into the deleterious effects associated with educational conditioning in primary teachers.His research shows that female teachers whom are unable to discard their conditioning after retirement can become maladjusted and self-centered introverts. He believes that the ability to successfully manage teaching related behavioural issues is critical if they are to survive outside the classroom in a socially acceptable way.His basic premise is a perversion of the teacher-student relationship. In the normal course of events, the teacher's goal is to empower the student, where the effect is to create a bond of affection between them which gives both the power "over" ("for") each other that arises from love.The research shows that, in a minority of cases involving middle aged female primary teachers, the relationship becomes closer to that of master-slave, where the master does everything possible to keep the slave powerless. (If the slave's power increases, the master's power decreases by an equal factor.)This seems to be the teachers defence mechanism against becoming attached i.e. A teacher allowing herself to love her children gives them power over her insomuch as the children now have the power to hurt her by growing up and leaving.If primary teachers are unable to "de-programme" these rude, insensitive and unapproachable behaviours, it will ultimately lead to alienation due to them being 'maladjusted', because they will be unable to interact with "young people" in a socially acceptable way after retirement.© Michael Hart.I am the website administrator of the Wandle industrial museum (http://www.wandle.org). Established in 1983 by local people to ensure that the history of the valley was no longer neglected but enhanced awareness its heritage for the use and benefits of the community.
Keyword : Ignoring, email, discourteous, educational, psychologist ,surrogate, school, behavioural, management
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