01-31-2009, 05:35 AM
Bill Grover:
Bill wrote:
Prof Arthur Song, who supervised Unk's Unizul DTh. thesis, in an email today ,informed me that John's dissertation was among the best he had ever supervised. I recall reading some skeptics either here or more likely at DL "Truth" who asserted that Janko knew nothing about distance education. What had he accomplished after all? I hope their mouths are stuffed with flea infested sand for their crass devaluation of this fine soul. Unk was rarely wrong, in my opinion, certainly less often than I. His passing has left a vacuum on this board which hopefully will be filled by others as true as he.
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Why would anyone make the assumption that Janko knew anything about distance ed? Did he ever tell the general public? Sorry Bill but he chose to portray himself as just another guy with an opinion, a caustic opinion at that.
I enjoyed discussions with him before circumstances dictated that it was not possible. He wouldn't leave the confines of Degreediscussion and after sharing my personal opinions about Homeless Gus, I could not post there.
I don't know that disagreeing with someone is crass devaluation. Perhaps agreeing too much might be. Janko was up for a scrap and it's a compliment to him and they posters here that he wasn't disappointed.
I can hear St. Peter's first words to Janko. "So you're telling me I have a throne in Rome - so who exactly sits on it?"
Bill wrote:
Prof Arthur Song, who supervised Unk's Unizul DTh. thesis, in an email today ,informed me that John's dissertation was among the best he had ever supervised. I recall reading some skeptics either here or more likely at DL "Truth" who asserted that Janko knew nothing about distance education. What had he accomplished after all? I hope their mouths are stuffed with flea infested sand for their crass devaluation of this fine soul. Unk was rarely wrong, in my opinion, certainly less often than I. His passing has left a vacuum on this board which hopefully will be filled by others as true as he.
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Why would anyone make the assumption that Janko knew anything about distance ed? Did he ever tell the general public? Sorry Bill but he chose to portray himself as just another guy with an opinion, a caustic opinion at that.
I enjoyed discussions with him before circumstances dictated that it was not possible. He wouldn't leave the confines of Degreediscussion and after sharing my personal opinions about Homeless Gus, I could not post there.
I don't know that disagreeing with someone is crass devaluation. Perhaps agreeing too much might be. Janko was up for a scrap and it's a compliment to him and they posters here that he wasn't disappointed.
I can hear St. Peter's first words to Janko. "So you're telling me I have a throne in Rome - so who exactly sits on it?"
