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[IBC] Juniper Bonsai life expectancy?
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From: "Colin Lewis" That's true almost everywhere, Andy. The point I was trying to make is that here an inordinate umber of people WANT things formularised. They want to know the axact date to put trees away for winter or bring them out in spring; they want to knoe the precise proportions for soil to first branch to apex; they want to know how to pronounce bonsai... -------------- I'd venture that this is because we Americans feel the illogical need to understand what we're being taught - from an intellectual point of view. We have to feel good about what we're digesting and "know" that it's worthwhile (forget the fact that, since we lack the fundamental understanding in the first place, that all of this is impossible). If we don't understand the process, we fear and dislike it. If the teacher demands that we forget all of that junk and just absorb the instruction and put it into practice without question, we think that we're being duped or that we're being "disrespected." None of this has anything to do with learning, of course. But we like to delude ourselves that it does. See, "we" know what's right and the teacher does not. It's quite simple. ;-) Kind regards, Andy Rutledge zone 8, Texas ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Jerry Meislik++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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