Re: Does this make any sense?

From: Anthony J. Bryant (ajbryant_NOSPAM_at_indiana.edu)
Date: 10/28/04


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:17:56 -0500

Yago Campos wrote:

>>That deprives him of the experience of working it out for himself. How
>>mean of you....
>
>
> My own experience learning japanese is that I would rather have
> someone translate it for me, rather than being stuck for months. I've
> never known such a thing as working out something I just don't know! I
> prefer having the translation and guessing myself how it was done.

If you're stuck for months, there are other problems.

Ever heard the old thing about giving a man a fish vs. teaching him how to fish?

Tony

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