Flash intros gone worse
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Histology-World says:
I have read a lot of criticism about my flash introduction. These comments are obviously written by those who are clueless as to the goal of this site. Some of these comments come from people who are so ignorant, that they openly claim to not even know what histology is…but nonetheless, they blatantly criticize the means that this site achieves its goals. The reality is that histology can be a very difficult subject to master. It can take hours and hours of studying to learn to distinguish a peripheral nerve from collagenous fibers or to be able to know the difference between the fundic region and the pyloric region. Histology can be tedious, dry and difficult. This site (including the tongue-in-cheek flash intro) is not designed to actually teach histology, but rather to achieve an intangible…..it is a site for students to come to after hours and hours of looking in a microscope and studying….a site for them to come to and play…and in the process of having fun, to gain motivation and enthusiasm for the prospect of learning histology. Those critical of the brazenness of the flash introduction are truly arrogant: they pretend to understand the goal of this site; but in actuality they are flaunting their ignorance, broadcasting the fact that they are unable to see what the goal of this site is, nor how the flash introduction helps achieve that goal. Histology-World!
David Simmer says:
Ah, defensiveness. Having studied and enjoyed histology myself in both undergrad and graduate school, I’m well aware of the need to present histology in an enticing manner, since it seems most kids these days don’t have the patience or love of learning to dig into the subject on its own merits. Unfortunately, the intro is really, truly poor. It is. And the new disclaimer at http://zyx.freeservers.com/histo/histo.htm is a bit much.