12-01-2007, 03:27 PM
I am sorry for your distress, and your acquaintance's misfortune.
When I teach I spend 10-16 weeks with 30-60 students, with whom I meet for several hours each week. Often one-on-one or in small groups, where informal conversation prevail. These are people for whom I have direct professional responsibilities. I cannot always remember all of their names, let alone "likes, needs, problems..." (except, you know, the academic stuff).
The idea that you can form something like friendships with 25 people every month is pretty astonishing to me.
When I teach I spend 10-16 weeks with 30-60 students, with whom I meet for several hours each week. Often one-on-one or in small groups, where informal conversation prevail. These are people for whom I have direct professional responsibilities. I cannot always remember all of their names, let alone "likes, needs, problems..." (except, you know, the academic stuff).
The idea that you can form something like friendships with 25 people every month is pretty astonishing to me.