Mental Models & Identity LO21023

psue@inforamp.net
Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:06:05 -0500

Replying to LO20975 --

At 08:16 PM 03/23/99 +1200, Gavin Ritz wrote:

> .... one of the rules of scientific
>thought is that the model is not the territory, how can some one say the
>he "is' the right kind of approach.

in response to George "jorge" Bartow who wrote:

>> In talking with a high school assistant principal who is very competent in
>> many areas dealing with kids and their parents made the statement to me
>> that he doesn't "model" the right kind of approach, he "is" that right
>> kind of approach. "They know if you're the real thing or not."

I think the assistant principal was saying that he IS the territory. He
doesn't figure out what the model of "the right kind of approach" is, and
then "put it on" when his students are around - they will see through him
right away.

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