tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337536192952816162.post4971667162230587324..comments2023-08-27T16:13:37.893-04:00Comments on Stories They Tell: Imitation-- Not the Sincerest Form of FlatteryStories They Tellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10162254176855830546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337536192952816162.post-41460811234936450762014-02-11T23:03:45.212-05:002014-02-11T23:03:45.212-05:00I developed a purse class years ago, spent hours o...I developed a purse class years ago, spent hours on step-by-steps and written instructions. One week after holding it for the first time, I discovered that a participant was teaching the same class out of her house, using copies of my instructions. She seemed shocked that I was angry and promised to cancel, but I never trusted that she did. Of course, I spread the word and doubt she was ever able to take any local class after that.marijkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701062298268608403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337536192952816162.post-64164533600441932082014-02-11T17:04:28.619-05:002014-02-11T17:04:28.619-05:00Adverse to confrontation is everywhere these days ...<br />Adverse to confrontation is everywhere these days and doesn't mean it is right. I do admire anyone who lets it be known to the one who did the coping, it is wrong. Keep up the good work and let those in the wrong know, and so everyone else will also know. I see it also in church, if you say anything you are made to feel as the bad guy, and as if you are the one wrong. Stand up and let it be known how you feel, I say yeah. Iona Heck Ionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893348503371351832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337536192952816162.post-56642833318577392962014-02-09T14:23:40.986-05:002014-02-09T14:23:40.986-05:00Go Christine! It is totally unethical of a studen...Go Christine! It is totally unethical of a student to use techniques learned in a class for their own teaching career. How many times does this need to be addressed before people get it? I wish you a good resolution to this! The organizations that run these conferences need to do their research more thoroughly with respect to the provenance of ideas.<br /><br />What's most interesting to me is how few comments this post has generated. People hate confrontation and I think most would rather not admit that this happens. It takes strength to stand up for what you believe in, and energy to see it through, something I lacked when it happened to me. I had the EXACT comment said to me about the cease and desist letters, as though it was somehow mean spirited of me to resent having my ideas used, but it is an argument that helps to perpetuate these thefts.<br /><br />We are all seduced by, in love with and influenced by the artwork of those we admire. Useless to pretend otherwise......but we'd do well to remember the words of Issac Newton ( yeah, I know it's a science context, but original ideas are original ideas wherever they are found...) who said:<br /><br />" If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” <br /><br />To me, the operative words are "seen further".....Claire Maunsellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015419730497175239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337536192952816162.post-65639078355086374782014-02-08T23:58:29.271-05:002014-02-08T23:58:29.271-05:00Christine, I had no idea you were facing this, but...Christine, I had no idea you were facing this, but I am so sorry. I wish to say this is unbelievable to hear, but you are right it is going on far too often. I'm as irked as you to here those placating lines about moving on and rising above, and keep on innovating and all the like. Theft is theft and you have every right to be upset about it. We all should be, since it hurts us all. Students want to learn from people you have experimented and refined innumerable times so they can anticipate those next questions, those next hurdles. I hope you an continue to share your story of editing this wrong. Cheering you on!A Polymer Penchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02847553982464797411noreply@blogger.com