Replies versus Viewing

[ChristmasCarol]

Hmmmm,

Just wondering why so many people are looking at messages and so few are replying.   Shyness?  Indifference? Don't think it's needed?  I'm gonna make a huge leap and assume that most people on this particular board are teachers and therefore have pretty good communication skills.  Just curious.
 

[bernhard]

(Should I reply to this thread? Nah. I will just keep looking at it and see how it develops)

[mound]

me too

[ChristmasCarol]

Very funny 

Say Bernhard,  I've been thinking about your comment a couple of jillion messages ago that you couldn't find a publisher for your material.  Have you considered e-books?  Zero cost publishing and you have so much to offer the world out there.  Just a thought.

[richard w]

Hmmmm,

Just wondering why so many people are looking at messages and so few are replying. Shyness? Indifference? Don't think it's needed? I'm gonna make a huge leap and assume that most people on this particular board are teachers and therefore have pretty good communication skills. Just curious.
 

Some reasons.

1. Some of those viewing are not registered and so cannot post - even if they wanted to.
2. Those who have posted may view more than once, for instance to check their reply, or to reacquaint themselves with the subject matter of the thread, or to read additional replies...
3. Those viewing may have nothing to say on the subject, again for no end of reasons. Perhaps they find the subject doesn't interest them after all, or perhaps the level of discussion is beyond their scope, or perhaps they are viewing to learn and cannot add, or perhaps someone else has said what they would have said themselves...
4. People view messages just to bump up the Views counter on their own threads, thereby making themselves seem more popular, or just to make ChristmasCarol feel insecure. 
5. I think my reasons are going down hill fast. I'll stop here. 



Richard.

[senecalakeguy]

hi ChristmasCarol

i am new to the site and majored in piano (music ed) several years ago (graduated 1991).  i LOVE playing music, but have not studied under a teacher, or even played for such a long time.  i currently teach vocal music grades 6-12 in a very small public school in the Southern Tier of New York State.  I was so very fortunate to have a former teacher GIVE me a 1922 Model A Mason & Hamlin (red mahogany), when my parents home was destroyed in a fire just a few months before i began auditioning for undergraduate music schools.

I am about to have this lovely instrument in my own possession at last and am beside myself, practically to the point of wetting my pants, in anticipation of returning to the passion of music making which drew me to the field of music to begin with.

i feel so "out of it" and am often intimidated to respond to the threads, but i LOVE reading them and gearing up for my "return" to the "playing field".  i suppose i will also pick up a few students to pass on what i know and can offer to them.

this site is so inspirational to me, as one who loves to play and one who wants to be a great teacher.  to those of you who get discouraged by a lack of responses, please know that there are people like me who get so much out of reading threads/replies, etc.  but don't often have anything to add per se.

you people are amazing and a HUGE source of encouragement to me!! please keep up the great work!

randy

[bernhard]

Very funny 

Say Bernhard,  I've been thinking about your comment a couple of jillion messages ago that you couldn't find a publisher for your material.  Have you considered e-books?  Zero cost publishing and you have so much to offer the world out there.  Just a thought.

Thanks XmasCarol. I will look into it.