Learning a new abstract system of symbolic representation in order to write the words of a language you do not speak is naturally very hard.
The crucial thing is to fascinate and tantalize. It is easy to teach a fascinated, tantalized student. It is futile to teach any other kind.
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My pedagogical motto is Alphonse Karr's elegant remark: "Love is a sport in which the hunter must contrive to have the quarry in pursuit."
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Just as the lover must contrive to have the object of her desire in pursuit, so must the mentor contrive to have her protege in pursuit.
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