Indeed, there is a lot of "experting" going on around here - which one ought to expect if the conversation is truly an academic one and not just railing back and forth.
And I do agree with you about boldfacing, supersizing, colors and caps - I tend to not read posts which have a lot of visual emphasis and thus miss whatever point was being made.
Thanks very much for your agreement with me about boldfacing, supersizing, colors and caps. I also tend not to read posts like that...period, because whatever they are attempting to convey, trying to read them makes me feel like I'm being screamed at from some large, high perch.
As for "truly academic" discussions---because I am not an academic, nor can I claim any time spent in the world of academia, I am always grateful to see purity of truth expressed in simplicity of language.
I don't know how many other full-time lurkers, and only rare-times posters like me may see it the same way.
And I do agree with you about boldfacing, supersizing, colors and caps - I tend to not read posts which have a lot of visual emphasis and thus miss whatever point was being made.
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I think you know I've been torn about that issue for years. Have not failed to prayerfully ponder it extensively.
And it grieves me that we are on different sides on this issue.
But I have had no peace in my heart, mind, spirit when I've worked hard to comply.
Just didn't ring true as my brief, somehow. Logically, you should be simply right and I should be simply wrong and I should simply comply as an easy thing and that should be the end of it. That just doesn't fit, somehow. I don't know how else to explain it than I have.
Certainly in class, I use about everything I can legally and morally get away with to communicate impactfully to my students.
Are some overloaded? yeah, especially initially. But I try to scare the terminally shy away the first session. Those who are shy but want to change praise me at the end of the class for their enormous progress on that score.
The rest think all my antics and modes of communication are interesting and memorable. Is it the same as what we are talking about on threads . . . yes and no.
I just know, I can't fit in the straight jacket everyone prefers for me to fit in on this and a lot of other scores. Just doesn't fly. Doesn't fly in my spirit and doesn't fly practically.
Are people turned off. Sure. Are more turned off than aided? I hope not. I pray not.
I just know, I have no peace about fitting in that straight jacket. Sorry.