Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
Here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dorftrottel/disclosure
Whether the guy will make a success of it or not I can't guess, but you have to award him points for self-awareness and honesty.
I think self-awareness is the key, so I hope he makes it. I've mentioned it on-list before, but I'm so taken with it that let me mention again the paper "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments"[1].
I think this effect, known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect[2], is often at work with our more difficult participants. It's not that they go out looking to be dicks or troublemakers. I'm sure they're conscious only of the best of intentions. They come and do their best, and their best looks great to them. But not to somebody else, and so begins a cycle of trouble.
William
[1] http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect