Originally Posted by
AndrielMarie
Hi LATM,
Thank you for the feedback and I read all of it. I can summarize my thoughts, I agree with you on some points that you have different perspective i.e. let's agree to disagree.
To expand more, like I said, I agree that teaching how to fish is better than giving the fish. In your opinion, I am doing the latter (giving the fish), however, in my opinion, I am teaching how to fish, but in a way that I hope to be clear and understandable.
Teaching a kid how to write, must be done with guide, a very simple guide, that kids can follow thru. Now, I am not saying the users of the script are kids, but just like everyone else, sometimes there are users who start totally clueless, but there are others who picks up very fast.
For the totally clueless, they can use this guide. For the advanced, what I have is just lengthy guide that accomplishes lesser than advance guides.
Just like learning how to swim is dangerous. Would it be easier, and safer, if someone helps how to swim? Or is it safer that the learner just jumps in, let his/her problem solving skill kicks in and do everything on his own? I personally know, because, my brother throws me in the swimming pool and I learned how to swim that way. But for my friends, I recommended them to swimming instructors.
Same for biking.
Same for even, say, programming. Some people can easily pick things up on their own, while many others have to attend formal class just to learn how to properly construct an If, Then, Else statement.
So I agree with you, there are different ways to teach, lead, or in this case, make guides.