As BB King wrote: "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me." At least you will never make that mistake again. I do agree with Tim Shearon, however, if you must, give it as a gift, but do not expect a return and do not tell anyone else. Consider it a mitzvah.
Harry Avis PhD Sierra College Rocklin, CA 95677 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so - Shakespeare >From: "Shearon, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: student's loan >Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 12:56:30 -0700 > >Sure- And the university would be justified in firing you and the student >would be justified in suing you . . . Michael- You showed poor judgement in >loaning a student money. Don't compound it. Write it off and don't repeat >it. My advice (beyond DON"T DO IT) is that if you sincerely believe a >student needs the money, that it is your responsibility to take care of it, >and that no one else can or will help them, then put a $100.00 bill into >their next handout and consider it passed forward. Surely someone helped >you >along the way to your PhD. I'd seriously think about whether I'm >establishing appropriate boundaries with my students to ensure you are >doing >the best you can for them as their teacher if you are in that kind of >double >relationship to be exchanging money. It may BE purely platonic and >harmless- >I can assure you that it isn't going to look that way to a Dean or Provost >if problems result. Tim Shearon > >********************************************** >Timothy O. Shearon, Ph.D. >Department of Psychology (Chairperson) >Albertson College of Idaho >Caldwell, Idaho > >ph- 208-459-5840 > >teaching interests: neuropsychology, history of psychology, developmental >(topical), intro > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Sylvester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:52 AM >To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences >Subject: student's loan > > > >I loaned a student $100 to take care of some pressing financial problem. >As of this date the loan has not been repaid. >Would I be justified in witholding his grade till I get my money back? > >Michael Sylvester,PhD >Daytona Beach,Florida > > > > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
