kasi, for example. i posted a topic regarding laptops, i need to get ideas on how what to buy etc. but then, one poster included in his comments that a certain individual has this kind, so from that, all the following posts are based on his comments. Posts, are then no longer about the laptops but that person... and so the thread goes long and long and long.. but then, futile.
I reviewed the thread "on choosing laptops" and I should say that the topic has been addressed satisfactorily. I posted a link to a blogsite for everyone to be guided on how to buy a laptop. Jang also posted a comprehensive guide on choosing a laptop.
Is there any more info that needs to be addressed?
I remember last year I posted a topic like that in a computer forum in which I was a newcomer, and guess how a forum member replied to my topic: "Didn't you read the previous post that talks about the same topic? Go and search the forum and you will find your answer."
Now, we don't answer like that in Tubag Bohol. This is a Filipino forum site. We are Filipinos. There is no distinction how we behave online and offline. Experience tells us that we don't reprimand a friend or even a stranger who happens to talk a slightly or entirely different topic that is being discussed by the group. But that is not an exclusive Filipino style of conversation. I've seen and heard many other nationals how they talk. The only difference is that Filipinos would laugh the loudest.
Nahuman na ta sa Spanish regime in which dili gani ta makapangatsi kay basin masuko si Padre. Nahuman na ta sa panahon sa mga Espanyol nga tanan natong mga lihok magkinto ta kay basin makasab-an ta ni Padre.
As a caregiver of this forum, should I impose a rigid rule on what people should say and what they shouldn't say? No, I won't. That is not an essential part of democracy. And it would just ruin the beauty of learning.
If we want to enjoy friendship and knowledge and creativity to their fullest, we must let go of too much rigid rules and restrictions and traditionalism that shackled our ancestors for hundreds of years.
In the school where I am teaching, there is this one Thai student of mine who would always interrupt me in the middle of a lecture on "Western Civilization" and he would start talking about gadgets and technology. I don't reprimand him for talking a thing that is not related to Western Civilization for I know that I can always go back to my original topic and resume the lecture.
Friends deal with friends may be differently from teachers dealing with students. But I don't make any distinction in my class. I allow students to interrupt me and talk about anything in the class. Of course, I always go back to my lessons when they've done their talking. I remember one time they told me: "Sir, we are so happy in your class because we have freedom to talk about anything." "What about in your other classes"? I hesitated to ask. "It's so formal - we don't like it," they said.
Am I alone doing the same classroom management style? Not at all. Our most recent professor in an MBA class, Dr. Dianne from the U.S., would even ask more questions on us if one of her students would happen to talk a topic other than what she was lecturing. But when she caught one student cheating on a final exam, she sent the student out of the classroom without giving the student the liberty to complete the exam. What the student did was a violation of the school policy.
Now, in Tubag Bohol, there are no sacred cows. Anyone can be sent out of the classroom if a person
deliberately and arrogantly violates one of our guidelines.
Ivy, you pointed out that this forum is pretty loose on restriction. I beg to disagree. I had kicked out some members and removed many posts that are offensive to public taste. And the rest is history.
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