X and Y

The following story is entirely fictitious. As Mark Twain says,"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."

There are 2 science teachers. One is an ownage teacher. He knew his content inside out and he knows how to teaach his concepts well. Lets call him X. Another is a not so well to do teacher. He does not know his content well, but he reads up a lot on high level science journals. Lets call him Y.

Now Y goes and tells all the science teachers to read up on the science journals he has just read. Nobody knows what Y's intentions are, but X sees it as an insult to his intelligence. Firstly, he's already the best science teacher in the school. Secondly, he probably knows about it already. Thirdly, why does Y keep stating how good those science journals he read are, when X himself already knows it. All he had to do was ask X.

Now X starts producing his own science notes for the students. Y thinks a concept is wrong, when the concept was just not seen clearly by Y. Y goes up to X and tells X that it's wrong. X tells him that he know's his stuff and that he already checked through the notes to make sure it's correct. Y shows him that point. X sees it and says it's correct. Y says no and then pulls out some science books.

Y says "Hey, Campbell Soup, Goods Services Tax, Silver Bird, etc say so! (Names of books censored for obvious reasons LOL)"

X looks at the books. The books themselves are also wrong. X knows this. He's done enough research in his field to be convinced that his answer is right. Yet Y continues insisting that the books are the best and that if the book does it means that it's the best explanation. Then he insists that X changes his concept...

Y also gives his students a scolding when they refer to X's notes. Then he tells them that X's notes are not a reliable source of information. Then he asks them to refer to his high level books instead. Then X finds out. Gosh...

END OF STORY...

If you were X...

While it is good to be open to many points of view, what if someone like Y comes up to you and shows some book and tells you that based on the book, you are wrong, even though the book is clearly wrong.

You know your stuff already, but Y keeps asking you to read his high level journals. This is like telling you straight in the face "Hey, your concept is wrong. You're not better than the book".

Alright, while the book or journal may be better than you in science content, you don't like to feel insulted by someone who has more faith in some book than in his colleague.

And of course, if you already know it and you've displayed how well you know it, what if Y actually asks u to read the journal on it. That will be annoying indeed.

If I were Y,

It would be simple. I'll go on reading my science books. But I'll have more faith in my own colleague than in some book. A case of priorities misplaced. I'll show X the respect he deserves...