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Mr. Guninger, Please allow me these few questions (long):
I will attempt to put this post together without my normally sarcastic, dry and at times, offending tone. First I will preface the post with a short story, and then ask a few questions.
As children first attending school, what is the goal of that attendance? Why do we as youth have to attend school? It is basically because at that young and impressionable time in our lives we were a combination of clay and sponge-like composition that allowed us to be molded by those of greater intelligence and we could (hopefully) absorb some of that knowledge.
This "training", if you will, allowed us to grow into the lives most of us know today. We had patient teachers who explained long division over and over and over again until we "got it." American History and English Literature, although never fun, helped us to learn about this country and who and what made it so great.
At our graduations we hugged those teachers, those instructors, those who helped shape us into the young adults that we had become. We thanked them from the bottoms of our hearts, some of us with tears in our eyes, for their dedication, patience and the hard work they invested in each of us.
Today, many of us can look back on those formative years and recall images of those who had the greatest impact on our lives and the direction it went in.
That's the upside. Now, for just a moment, imagine it went something like this from first grade on through High School:
Student in the first grade:
"Teacher, I can't keep the colors inside the lines. Can you help me?"
Teacher:
"My God! How many times do I need to tell you this? If you weren't such a little moron you would understand the correct way!"
Student about to complete Elementary School:
"Mr. Jones, Is there any advice you can give me about Junior High School? Is there one area I should focus on?"
Teacher Jones:
"As stupid as you were in grade school, I would suggest you just drop out now and save your parents the anguish of knowing you'll never move onto High School. You're obviously just a moron."
Student about to graduate High School:
"Principal Smith, I want to thank you for the opportunity the education I have received here at Anytown High has given me. I feel I am ready to tackle college and make you proud!"
Principal Smith:
"Don't thank me you little moron, thank the very generous teachers you had that knew you couldn't pass without their generosity. College? Boy...you really are a moron. If you want to make me proud, just cut your wrists now and give me the comfort of knowing you will never cause another gray hair on the head of an educator."
Where would we be if our educators had treated our potential and us with such a callous attitude?
This brings me to my point:
As a person who absolutely loves this game of pool and as one who understands that he will probably never be any better without professional instruction, I would be faced with these questions,
And these questions bring me to Mr. Larry Guninger. How is it we as students of the game, are to believe the claims this man makes, respect his belittling responses to sincere questions and to ever seek his advice and guidance on a "pay for lessons" basis?
It is by no mere coincidence that Mr. Guninger has been prohibited from posting on other billiards websites. How long and how many warnings must the Webmaster of this site administer to Mr. Guninger about his language and tone before he follows in the footsteps of the two other frequented forums?
I hope these questions have been posed in a non-confrontational manner, one that won't allow Mr. Guninger the foundation for labeling me a "moron" and most importantly, for the Administrator of this site to gain insight into the wishes of those who make this forum a pleasant one to visit.
Respectfully,
Ken Kingan
I will attempt to put this post together without my normally sarcastic, dry and at times, offending tone. First I will preface the post with a short story, and then ask a few questions.
As children first attending school, what is the goal of that attendance? Why do we as youth have to attend school? It is basically because at that young and impressionable time in our lives we were a combination of clay and sponge-like composition that allowed us to be molded by those of greater intelligence and we could (hopefully) absorb some of that knowledge.
This "training", if you will, allowed us to grow into the lives most of us know today. We had patient teachers who explained long division over and over and over again until we "got it." American History and English Literature, although never fun, helped us to learn about this country and who and what made it so great.
At our graduations we hugged those teachers, those instructors, those who helped shape us into the young adults that we had become. We thanked them from the bottoms of our hearts, some of us with tears in our eyes, for their dedication, patience and the hard work they invested in each of us.
Today, many of us can look back on those formative years and recall images of those who had the greatest impact on our lives and the direction it went in.
That's the upside. Now, for just a moment, imagine it went something like this from first grade on through High School:
Student in the first grade:
"Teacher, I can't keep the colors inside the lines. Can you help me?"
Teacher:
"My God! How many times do I need to tell you this? If you weren't such a little moron you would understand the correct way!"
Student about to complete Elementary School:
"Mr. Jones, Is there any advice you can give me about Junior High School? Is there one area I should focus on?"
Teacher Jones:
"As stupid as you were in grade school, I would suggest you just drop out now and save your parents the anguish of knowing you'll never move onto High School. You're obviously just a moron."
Student about to graduate High School:
"Principal Smith, I want to thank you for the opportunity the education I have received here at Anytown High has given me. I feel I am ready to tackle college and make you proud!"
Principal Smith:
"Don't thank me you little moron, thank the very generous teachers you had that knew you couldn't pass without their generosity. College? Boy...you really are a moron. If you want to make me proud, just cut your wrists now and give me the comfort of knowing you will never cause another gray hair on the head of an educator."
Where would we be if our educators had treated our potential and us with such a callous attitude?
This brings me to my point:
As a person who absolutely loves this game of pool and as one who understands that he will probably never be any better without professional instruction, I would be faced with these questions,
- "Which instructor would be the best for me and my game?"
- "Which instructor has demonstrated the patience to help others with their games?"
- "Which instructor is professional in his demeanor and represents his profession with pride and dignity?"
And these questions bring me to Mr. Larry Guninger. How is it we as students of the game, are to believe the claims this man makes, respect his belittling responses to sincere questions and to ever seek his advice and guidance on a "pay for lessons" basis?
It is by no mere coincidence that Mr. Guninger has been prohibited from posting on other billiards websites. How long and how many warnings must the Webmaster of this site administer to Mr. Guninger about his language and tone before he follows in the footsteps of the two other frequented forums?
I hope these questions have been posed in a non-confrontational manner, one that won't allow Mr. Guninger the foundation for labeling me a "moron" and most importantly, for the Administrator of this site to gain insight into the wishes of those who make this forum a pleasant one to visit.
Respectfully,
Ken Kingan
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