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To: tejek who wrote (2730)	2/12/2004 6:56:24 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

Excuse me, but if I wanted a grammar lesson, I would ask for one. But obviously you don't feel that if I wanted a history lesson I would ask for one. You seem to have no problem sharing your views on my posts; I equally have no problem sharing my views on yours. And you might not have wanted a grammar lesson, my child, but obviously you needed one.

To: tejek who wrote (2730)	2/12/2004 8:16:31 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 7936

You have no idea how old I am. An educated guess from many things. Not just that you're a student. Older people can be students, too. Partly just by the way you argue. Partly by one report you provided about your professor. Generally older students aren't as instantly convinced by a professor as you reported being. Older students IME (and I have taught at all levels from high school to college to graduate school to senior citizens classes, along with being a student not only in the traditional college years but in my 30s for my masters and my late 40s for my doctorate) tend to have more experience, more balance, more scope for judging opinions, and are usually slower to be "won over" by a controversial professor. OTOH, they are also more open to considering contrary opinions than you are. So it's a double whammy! But certainly you could be a 70 year old with the mind of a 20 year old. That's far from unique, and far from impossible.