Greetings all,

I read the list on a regular basis and save that which I think might
help me with the course. I have also sent lessons 1, 2 and 3 to Haukr
for review. I am actively involved in the course, take it seriously
and also am having fun with it. I copy the lessons and give them to
friends who do not have computers. I don't post much on the list as so
much of what is discussed is over my head and I can't contribute on
that level. I think the course is written in a manner that I can
understand and work with and I will probably not ever be a big
contributer on the list itself. That doesn't mean that I don't
appreciate the work involved, but I signed up for the course not the
list.
Also, I haven't written privately to either teacher much (other than
to send in my lessons)as I didn't wish to bother them. But if we are
being encouraged to do so, then I will be more apt to contact them in
the future.
Anyway...Oskar and Haukr...please don't give up on us, the quiet ones.
We are still here.

Kind regards,

Alice

--- In norse_course@egroups.com, Arlie Stephens <arlie@...> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 02:55:02PM -0000, Óskar Guðlaugsson wrote:
>
> > The problem is, Eysteinn, that this list is already in a serious
> > crisis of identity; how many students write on it?
>
> > Finally, about this list: our course has developed in the way that
a
> > very limited amount of people write on this list or to us
privately;
> > yet over 150 are subscribed, and perhaps some additional are using
our
> > homepage without being subscribed. I lament that students should
not
> > want to discuss more, or send us their solutions and questions
more;
> > mostly because as it is, we don't have a clue if anybody's
actually
> > using our course at all (!).
> >
> > So if you're using our course, and have *anything* to
ask/share/say,
> > don't be afraid to post here, or at least send to us. Just so that
we
> > know you're still there :)
>
> I'm surprised we don't have more on list traffic. But it seems with
most
> lists, people respond more than they originate topics, and so you
get
> a kind of self perpetuating cycle. Probably, if people were posting
> their solutions to the list (rather than by direct mail to the
instructors),
> others would comment on things a bit, and still others would start
feeling
> "oh yeah, I need to do the next lesson soon" and get to it a bit
faster.
> But on the other hand, some would be horribly inhibited about
displaying
> their mistakes in public, or overwhelmed by seeing others who seem
to be
> having much less trouble with the material.
>
> I'm curious how many are actually sending solutions, and why they
are not.
> In my case (if I weren't your proofreader/guinea pig for early
lesson
> drafts) I suspect I'd "not want to be a bother", and tend to check
my
> work against published solutions rather than sending it ... even
though
> that's not a great idea, since this sort of exercise rarely has only
one
> right answer.
>
> --
> Arlie
>
> (Arlie Stephens
arlie@...)