Quite right Gail.
It was a shocking public response from Timothy (PH.D candidate) Fairchild
to a reasonable and very politely presented request from Iain for
information.
Such responses inhibit questions and information exchange. We all have
different levels of knowledge base from basic to advanced. Lets respect
fellow members and remember that if a question doesn't please you, there is
always the delete key.
Regards,
Michael Warburton
Physiotherapist
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail Stephenson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: Diet question
> Excuse me? This young man is obviously under 18. Tim
> cannot know what background research this young man had
> already undertaken. He has contacted this mailing list as
> he assumes we are experienced in the field of Sports
> Medicine. I am aware that many 'A' level students are
> recommended to contact the experts for information. I did
> not feel that Iain was asking someone to write his project
> for him but if Tim felt that was the case there are ways to
> inform students without 'writing their project for them' or
> putting them down in such a rude manner. If sports
> nutrition instead of sports vision was my field I would be
> happy to encourage, by facilitating his research, a
> potential future sports scientist. As someone who is
> involved in higher education I would never give such a
> 'put-down' to any students question especially as in my
> opinion there have been some 'stupid' questions from Phd
> candidates who should have more knowledge than an under 18
> year old.
> Gail Stephenson
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:16:39 +0800 Tim Fairchild
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Iain,
> >
> > are you serious? It's obvious to me that you have done no research
on this
> > topic at all. How about going to the library and reading up a little,
or browse
> > sites on the internet for a little information regarding this topic
(only about
> > a billion publications in this area), I am not here to write your
assignment for
> > you and neither is anyone else. Once you have an idea of what you want
to do
> > come back and ask a slightly more specific question. I'll be very happy
to help
> > you with any questions as I have an interest in the field, but I'm not
going to
> > do all the work for you. Try starting with what type of athlete you
want to
> > use! Do you think the dietary requirements of a young gymnast are the
same as
> > for a weightlifter or an endurance runner? Pre-competition,
post-competition or
> > pre-season? Male or female? Supplements? Once you have done some
research
> > into this area I think you'll realise just how stupid that question is!
> >
> > As for me, I am beginning to query the study habits that are being
taught at
> > some of the institutions around the world!
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Timothy J. Fairchild B.Sc. (Hons)
> > PhD Candidate
> > Co-ordinator for Centre of Athletic Testing
> > Department of Human Movement and Exercise Science
> > Nedlands, Western Australia 6907
> > Telephone: (+61 8) 9380 2793
> > Facsimile: (+61 8) 9380 1039
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> > http://www.general.uwa.edu.au/~hmweb/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
> ----------------------
> Gail Stephenson
> [log in to unmask]
> Head of Orthoptics
> Department of Allied Health Professions
> School of Health Sciences
> University of Liverpool
> Thompson Yates Building
> The Quadrangle
> Brownlow Hill
> Liverpool L69 3GB
> Tel 0973 247828
> Fax 0151 794 5781
>
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