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Old 01-09-2009, 08:25   #17
Eagle5US
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Exclamation How about keeping things to yourself?

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Originally Posted by mac21 View Post
I apologize for coming off as someone that questions the system to much. It will not happen again.
How about simplifying things not coming on here posting scuttlebutt about what you think might happen?
Once it happens, everyone who needs to know will know at the appropriate time. At this point all it does is add more unanswerable questions to other potential candidates, or people in the course who are behind you. This then leads to more speculation and the inevitable "I read on the internet that such and such was going to happen". To say NOTHING of how annoying it is as an instructor to have your students lead off a question with the same statement.

"Early access" to unofficial, incomplete information does not place you in a better light here or anywhere else. It places you on the hook if it is incorrect, only partially correct, or if it changes again altogether and you were not privy to the updated info.
We have plenty of folks who are in the position to KNOW both what is going on and when it should be disseminated.

Sometimes partial / incomplete information is best kept to yourself.

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