Oh man, ha! That'd be weirdly tricky--I'm used to talking to singlets about multiples, or talking to multis about multis, but talking to multiples about singlets is a twist!
Also, in the end, I don't think I'd need an essay to express my feelings on it! Here, a mini micro for you:
Some folks won't like you no matter what words you use or how hard you try. Sometimes you can't squeeze blood from a stone, and part of teaching others is learning to recognize who's wasting your time and walk away.
Self-consciousness, defensiveness, and shame are the enemies of this kind of education. It's personal, sometimes deeply so, and some people (be they speaker or listener) can't handle that level of openness. They respond with anger or resentment, and that turns a lesson into a fight. Once someone feels they're being shouted at, they stop listening and start reacting, and then you're hosed.
Also all my feelings about jargon are well summed up by Tony Proscio's When Words Fail. It's pretty easy to find free online.
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Date: 2019-12-17 02:42 am (UTC)Also, in the end, I don't think I'd need an essay to express my feelings on it! Here, a mini micro for you:
Some folks won't like you no matter what words you use or how hard you try. Sometimes you can't squeeze blood from a stone, and part of teaching others is learning to recognize who's wasting your time and walk away.
Self-consciousness, defensiveness, and shame are the enemies of this kind of education. It's personal, sometimes deeply so, and some people (be they speaker or listener) can't handle that level of openness. They respond with anger or resentment, and that turns a lesson into a fight. Once someone feels they're being shouted at, they stop listening and start reacting, and then you're hosed.
Also all my feelings about jargon are well summed up by Tony Proscio's When Words Fail. It's pretty easy to find free online.
--Rogan