A plea for a quieter pit area

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

I agree completely except for the replacing of the words "because of" with "based on". My post was stupid and rude but in no way does it represent everything I have ever done. And, while my comments must reflect negatively on me I do ask that everyone remember that we all make mistakes and say/do things we regret, please let us move on from this.

In short, thank you for calling me out. I appreciate it and realize that, from time to time, we all need a good smack to make us see when we screwed up and did something we shouldn't have.

Sorry for this, I'll try to do better in the future.

I think this is why people should call each other out. Tempers flare, words fly, and sometimes we don't always act our best. I'd be lying if I said I never lost my temper with a student, but I believe the only way to improve from that is to keep each other in check.

With that said, I was rather poignant with you, and for that I will apologize. I think we've all bared enough knuckles here. Mistakes will always be made, and I'm sure there's plenty of mine waiting to come up and swat me in the face.

I hereby rescind my overarching criticism of your ability to mentor, but for the sake of posterity I'm not going to remove or further edit my original posts.

Matt