Wally Jones
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2002
- Professional Status
- Certified Residential Appraiser
- State
- Florida
jtrotta,
You say the man taught me well and I have yet to realize what he taught. Okay, I guess he taught me in the same manner as the bully at school taught me not to be a bully or the way my neighbor taught me not to drink to excess and beat my wife. He taught me by his negative example how not to conduct myself. In the purest sense, this is teaching. It is not being a mentor for a new appraiser and teaching them how to properly value property.
I know which road I wanted to take - hope noone switched the road marker!
These items I learned from the trainee who was training me, the classroom, books, articles, eventual meetings with other appraisers and a heck of a lot of research. Again, you can argue that since I learned how NOT to do these things from my supervisor, then he actually taught me well. If we extend your logic, then we have some good news for the nation's appraisal standards gurus: they can delete all those provisions regarding supervision of trainees because we have just proven it isn't necessary. Simply let anyone who would like to just start working as an appraiser go to it and they will learn by example of others how not to do the work and thereby become a fair appraiser. Oh, wait, that's been done.......seems it didn't work out so well.
You obviously want to give my former supervisor a little benefit of doubt since you're only getting one side of the story, and I applaud you for that. I've reflected long enough on my path so far to know I'm now headed in the right direction. I won't beat this dead horse anymore (the crowd cheers!) and as I know you have a fondness for having the last word, I'll treat any further questions as rhetorical.
Thanks again for taking the time to provide thoughtful comments.
Wally
You say the man taught me well and I have yet to realize what he taught. Okay, I guess he taught me in the same manner as the bully at school taught me not to be a bully or the way my neighbor taught me not to drink to excess and beat my wife. He taught me by his negative example how not to conduct myself. In the purest sense, this is teaching. It is not being a mentor for a new appraiser and teaching them how to properly value property.
I know which road I wanted to take - hope noone switched the road marker!
These items I learned from the trainee who was training me, the classroom, books, articles, eventual meetings with other appraisers and a heck of a lot of research. Again, you can argue that since I learned how NOT to do these things from my supervisor, then he actually taught me well. If we extend your logic, then we have some good news for the nation's appraisal standards gurus: they can delete all those provisions regarding supervision of trainees because we have just proven it isn't necessary. Simply let anyone who would like to just start working as an appraiser go to it and they will learn by example of others how not to do the work and thereby become a fair appraiser. Oh, wait, that's been done.......seems it didn't work out so well.
You obviously want to give my former supervisor a little benefit of doubt since you're only getting one side of the story, and I applaud you for that. I've reflected long enough on my path so far to know I'm now headed in the right direction. I won't beat this dead horse anymore (the crowd cheers!) and as I know you have a fondness for having the last word, I'll treat any further questions as rhetorical.
Thanks again for taking the time to provide thoughtful comments.
Wally