I too have worried about accepting small gifts or cards from students after the close of the semester. Usually it is something that the student in question has made and though I treasure such things as momentos and/or concrete reinforcements, I wonder whether it is good practice to accept them. I'm also somewhat uncomfortable witht he concept of asking students for reference letters to put in a teaching portfolio, but perhaps that's too tangential.
At 02:21 PM 2/18/2002 -0800, you wrote: >I must agree with Klatsky. While accepting a dinner invitation at a >fraternity or sorority is appropriate, since the invitation came from the >organization itself and these organizations have a connection with the >college or university, permitting a student to pay for a meal regardless >of the circumstances is not. I have received small gifts from students at >the end of the semester and have accepted them and I do wonder at the >appropriateness of this, but allowing a student to buy dinner for me and a >group of my friends is too far down the slippery slope for me. > >Or are we being put on again? Could it be that Michael is waving a red >flag in front of us to see if anyone charges? >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 > > >>>No, it's not nice. It is extremely inappropriate >> >>Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. >> >>Recently I have been receiving invitations from the Fraternity and Sorority >>organizations to dinner. I guess they have some kind of a program to get to >>know the faculty members better.they are a few students in my class who >>belong to those Greek organizations. >>I just hope that this is not an attempt to get a favorable grade. >>I have accepted the invitations .I have heard that they serve some good >>food. >>And while on this subject(free associating),I find that some students >>from the Middle East like to invite their profs for dinner.I have >>gone to many of them and their dinners are very good with that vimto >>drink.Are those Cross-cultural customs or attempts to influence? >>One time I was at a restaurant with some friends and a Kuwaiti student >>in my class was dining with his own friends.He came over and took our tabs >>and paid for the meals.Isn't that nice? >> >>Michael Sylvester,PhD >>Daytona Beach,Florida > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > >--- >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]
