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Re: labels

Hyrum Knudsen wrote:
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> John & Kristy Byrne wrote:
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> > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> > >Well that is nice ... Now, does anyone have an alternative
> > >to labels?
> > >
> > >Dennis Strain
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> > Yeah! It's called "experience".  :->
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > John B.
>
>   Here is an metaphor for labels.  Look at the thing in from of you that
> sometimes shows letters and sometimes shows pictures and sometimes is blank.
>  If you didn't have the general label of monitor in your knowledge base you
> would not be able to use it.  Every time you ran into one you would have to
> relearn everything about it.
>   Now, imagine that you have had a good deal of experience with monitors. You
> have read a couple monitor manuals and you have installed several monitors on
> your own and other systems.  Once you have a good body of knowledge and
> experience with monitors no matter what kind of monitor you are presented
> with you will be able to get it to do what it is designed to to.  You will be
> able to hook it up to the system, turn it on, adjust the contrast and
> horizontal hold, all the nifty things to help you get the most out of the
> monitor.  You would also be able to tell if someone handed you a printer and
> told you it was a monitor.
>   Now, if you have worked with lots people who are diagnosed with ADD and you
> have read several books and journal articles on ADD.  In other words you have
> built a good base of experience and knowledge about the subject of ADD.  You
> will be able to help the person function better and reach the goals that they
> have set for themselves.  You will also notice that people are coming in to
> you and telling you that they have ADD and you will be able to notice that in
> fact they do not.
>
>   Labels are not evil, they are not the end all be all.  People get hung up
> on the fact that the person is not the label and they are right.  When a
> proper diagnosis is made the person has certain characteristics and/or
> behaviors that point to them having a specific problem.  Some people put way
> to much importance into labels and choose to belive that once you have a
> label you are stuck with it for life.  Both ends of the spectrum do nobody
> any good

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