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In a message dated 7/6/02 10:37:01 PM, PSoroosh@... writes:

<< intransitive senses
: to provide instruction : act as a teacher >>


How would one "act as a teacher" and prove having taught in the absence of
any learning? <g>

People get paid to teach even when nobody learns! But I think it's very
strange to refer to "I teach" as intransitive, as being a verb which requires
no object/learner/student.

If a teacher lectures in the forest and nobody hears it...
If a teacher lectures in a classroom and nobody's actually listening...
If a teacher presents a lesson and everyone there already knows the
material...

There is no teaching happening.

Sandra