This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Re: Would we do this if we were all together? -NO WAY!

Alastair, Peter and others,

Has it occurred to anyone that the experience of being overwhelmed at the
start is a perfectly normal experience for those of us who never did well in
school and no one has ever bothered to accommodate our needs? I understand
this is not deliberate nor meant to exclude but this is what it's like to
not be "good at school" and pushed well beyond your comfort level. The
future isn't going to be comfortable, well planned or homogenized to suit
exclusive access by those already well served. Or if it is then we will be
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