Re:<< Rookie Questions >>

["GOBI 2010" <gobi2010@hotmail.com>]

>I really don't want to be mean, but why don't you get a BOOK?  The 
kindness
>of many list members is vast and I do not  think that you, Jessica, or
>anybody else should be ignored or treated shabbily, but there really is 
a
>ton of information that would make you able to ask even more and better
>questions.  Try one of the three big encyclopedias: 
Farlowe-Brett-Surman,
>Glut, or Currie-Padian,  and dig in!


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I TRIED looking in books.(The books I have)
But I don't have such vast resources and what I've read in most books 
simply confuses me, as they tend to seemingly contradict, or may have 
dated material.I'd get more books if I had the money, but my current 
classes this year have zapped most of my money for the rest of the year. 
I was hoping the list members could put things in a simple, clear 
way....present things in a different light.
I wouldn't ask a question if I has such an easey answer availible. The 
local library's encyclopedias are falling apart and are so inacurate as 
to be about as worth refering to as it would be refering to a math book 
for information on the history of Spain.
Besides, Before I can move to BIG questions, it would be better for me 
to understand the little things first. How am I supposed to ask 'more 
and bigger questions' when I don't understand certain aspects of the 
little questions, or doubt the validity of the references I have at 
hand?!
START SMALL AND BUILD, that is what I'm trying to do.
But before I can suck out the marrow of life I must get through the 
bone.
I'm only in AP Biology, and just starting in the class.
I have limmited resources in books, and experience(being only 16).
The best way to learn is to ask questions.
If anyone objects to my thoughts, please mail me offlist,
and I'll gladly shuttup and keep my questions, theories and ideas to 
myself.
To anyone whom this may have offended now or in the future, I am sorry 
for letting my slight temper ooze out, even for alittle bit. 


Jessica Wagar
Amateur Paleontologist
Michigan,USA
http://server1.hypermart.net/gobi2010/index.htm

Good friends are like good books;
Hard to find and worth keeping-JNW'98



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