yadda yadda yadda.

“…but now I think it’s responsible, not self-protective of me, to resist any easy revelations. The repercussions are too difficult to predict; some students might be so shocked and/or distrustful of me henceforth, that they’d turn off entirely. I think I’d enjoy shocking them— it’s the kind of self-dramatization I thrive on- and I’d enjoy even more the reputation as a Thrillingly Honest Person which the revelation would earn me with many of them. And knowing all that, pretty much convinces me that total honesty is not always the best policy.”

-Martin Duberman, “Black Mountain, An Exploration in Community”