Balancii

The time has come to promote the idea of honesty in criticism.
By the very nature of being here, we all have a degree of sensi-
tivity. This can be carried to an extreme, where there is a fear
of "hurting someone's feelings''. Back-patting may be good for the
ego, but learning is assisted by constructive criticism. This is
a subjective way of criticising work in which a rationale is giv-
en for one's point of view. At the same time, mention should also
be made on how the work could be improved in the eyes of the
critic. | agree that it is difficult to tread that edge between
criticising the person and their work, especially when the two
are products of each other.

Despite that complexity, |! feel it is an edge worth seeking.

If optimal edueational potential is to be realized, students must
not be afraid to voice their opinions. It is important to keep in
mind, that this form of criticism still maintains a respect for
the people involved.

Sean Drysdale
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"Death is wonderful too -- after life. Only one like myself
who has opened his mouth and spoken, only one who has said Yes,
Yes, Yes and again Yes: can open wide his arms to death and
know no fear. Death as a reward, yes: Death as a result of ful-
fillment, yes! Death as a crown and shield, yes! But not death
from the roots, isolating men, making them bitter and fearful and
lonely, giving them fruitless energy, filling them with a will
which can only say No! The first word any man writes when he has
found himself, his own rhythm, which is the life rhythm, is Yes!
Everything he writes thereafter is Yes, Yes, Yes -- Yes in a
thousand million ways. No dynamo, no matter how huge -- not even
a dynamo of a hundred million dead souls ~- can combat one man
saying Yes!"

Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn

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