t/k
I was on the board of the National Alliance for Autism Research for 7 years. People used to bug me about internecine warfare all the time.
All the time.
I finally started saying, nicely, "You can put your energies into bugging CAN & NAAR about internecine warfare, or you can put your energies into raising money to fund research."
I remember that having a big effect on a couple of people, and rightly so.
This morning Ed was reading snippets of the autism article out loud.
When I read it myself, I'll probably have something to say.
internecine warfare is a new one one me. What does it mean?
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ReplyDeletewell, among language snobs,
it's commonly held that
it means "mutually destructive"
but is commonly used to mean
"within a group".
right
ReplyDeletewe were in CONSTANT hot water for internecine conflict
of course that's putting aside the fact that we had internecine conflict within the internecine conflict
both of these two rival groups, NAAR & CAN, had conflicts within their own boards. (I know NAAR did, because I was part of the conflict; my understanding is that CAN did, too. It would be surprising if they didn't.)
Oh good Lord, why don't these guys just split up into their niches and stay that way. Better to have a solid mission statement with motivation and unity in moving forward than trying to do everything under one house. That's why I'm starting a POAC of Oregon - no one else is representing ABA or VB, let alone Direct Instruction in this state...
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