Hi David, I've read your post and sure thing, I think all of us in this space are very much aware of the personal effort that goes into this. But I don't think anyone is detracting from that. I'll rebut the notion that anyone is being insulting of those efforts. Challenging perhaps, but it's not an emotive response. In fact I think “ubiquitous politics prevalent in large educational institutions plus general fear of the unknown” is the way I described just what you're talking about. We're all working in contexts where we're trying to move towards openness but have various constraints to overcome. I really like your header “iterating towards openness” as that sums it up nicely.
So I think that characterising this as negativity is incorrect. We are having a dialogue on an important issue. Constructive debate is a away for each of us to find some answers and I've always found robust discussion as one of the faster ways for me to learn. And even if I agree with Ken or Wayne then it's often more fun to engage in debate. Wayne's been on my case for years that I use Windows on a daily basis - arrgh, it's out in the open now ;-) - but due to our IT department I have to add . . .
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