A number of posters seem to have become quite wedded to assorted misinterpretations of book technique which come about as a result of misunderstanding the exact meaning of some of the words used in the description.
For example, if someone believes that a "step" lasts from one foot placement or weight change to the next - that a step is a swing of the leg, rather than how it is actually defined as from one foot passing to the next, then they will form a mistaken impression of where the rise and fall goes. Even once the error of their interpretation has been proven, they will persist in believing that the actions should be danced in the way suggested by the misinterpretation, because that misreading has become comfortably familiar.
There's a comparable example. Most men comb their hair with a part on the side that they think looks best. But there's one big problem - the comb their hair while looking in a mirror! What they are actually seeing when they make this decision is the exact opposite - the mirror image - of the look they show to the rest of the world. You can get mirrors which don't flip your image, and looking in one is a bit disturbing, because now suddenly you realize that what you though was comfortable and familiar really isn't what you thought at all... to re-establish what you though you were doing, you have to switch your hair part to the other side!
