This morning I visited Dr. Richard Thurman. We just talked for an hour. He told me something interesting. Such as why there are differences in spell between British English and American English. He said because the create of Webster Dictionary is not good at spelling.
He also told me David Jonnathon and David Merrill disgreed each other. The former did not definite educational technology clearly and just cared about where the learning happens.The latter think instruction is instruction, it is obvious.They have debate it very strongly. Richard agreed with David Merrill more. I think it is just the difference between instructism and constructism.
Richard also told me that he had served for air force and trained the pilot. In those year he always traveled among airports, such as California , Florida, Montana and so on. So in these years he traveled seldom. He had gone to Chicago less than 5 times.
He has 5 children,33 son,30 daughter,25 daughter, and 22 twins.
He also mention a Taiwanese doctoral candidate was refused after his defense, because he wrote well and speak poor. What he said just the fact that many Chinese read well but speak poorly.
A good mornign not leads to a wonderful afternoon. A sudden call disturbed me much. I was told not to contact local faculties. There are some tentions between them. I think I would obey the words. Where there are people there are politics.