tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7147892780832436671..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: On EducationYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-69526241574841813012009-09-18T14:41:03.038+03:002009-09-18T14:41:03.038+03:00there was a German psychologist in the 80s who had...there was a German psychologist in the 80s who had quite a success with a book stipulating how needy helpers are (very Freudian stuff) i.e. they become "addicted" to those they help being in need of help - after all they are their raison d'être. <br /><br />sorry if it sounds mind-boggling but I found in my daily office life enough evidence that helpers most notably from the IT-field like that are not rare - their most common tactic is teaching you inadvertant little mistakes which keep you from becoming truly self-reliant. As you as a student trust them it takes you a long time before you go back to your own trial and error ways of figuring things out.<br />If you then show them in all naivety something tricky you have found out their reaction helps you sorting the real helpers from the needy ones. The real ones will enthusiastically integrate your little find in their repertoire, the needy ones will belittle you and claim to have it known all along.<br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com