Louise, To respond to your comments I will let you read the paragraph below which appears in my syllabus for all the classes that I teach. Once you read this you will see that your preconceived notions about me and my teaching attitude, approach and style were false.
A Final Note I want to thank you for enrolling in my class and I will do whatever I can to provide you with the best quality education in the most effective learning environment. I love psychology and love teaching it even more. I hope that my passion and interest for psychology will also strengthen and deepen yours. I am looking forward to working with all of you and if at any time during the semester you have any problems or anything that is concerning you PLEASE COME SEE ME so I can do whatever I feel is appropriate and within my limits to assist and help you. Please do not feel uncomfortable or intimidated to approach me for anything. I am here for you. I am a very friendly and easy person to approach. Lastly, I want to share a few of my favorite quotes with you below that have relevance to this course. Thank you. "To attempt to understand human behavior is ... the most exciting intellectual challenge in the world." Milton M. Gordon, 1988 �Psychology. Understanding ourselves, understanding each other.� The American Psychological Association �It's not your aptitude but your attitude that determines your altitude.� J. Jackson �You can have anything you want -- if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.� -- Abraham Lincoln --- Louis_Schmier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Payam Heidary wrote: > > > I am not denying the fact that there may be some > > situational (external) deteriminants to this but I > > believe most of it has to do with internal > > attributions (apathy). > > But, do you know. Or are you merely reinforcing > your preconceptions with > selected observation and self-reinforcing > assumptions. > > Not every student is you! I sure wasn't. I was > afraid of my profs. And I > have to admit that, in the old days when I was an > undergraduate I was > more likely to crack a keg than a book, I would have > been one of those > students whom you label as apathetic. You know, > Payam, studies show that > students really don't care about what you know; they > care about who you > are. What they care most about is whether you > really care about them, > whether you're approachable, whether you're fair, > etc > > Make it a good day. > > > --Louis-- > > > Louis Schmier > www.therandomthoughts.com > Department of History > www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html > Valdosta State University > Valdosta, GA 31698 /~\ > /\ /\ > 229-333-5947 /^\ / \ > / /~\ \ /~\__/\ > / \__/ > \/ / /\ /~\/ \ > /\/\-/ > /^\_____\____________/__/_______/^\ > -_~ / "If you want to > climb mountains, \ /^\ > _ _ / don't practice > on mole hills" - \____ > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
