Gary Klatsky wrote:
> Those of us with history on the list have learned the lesson that Paul
> described. What concerns me is the impression Sylvester makes on new
> teachers. Imagine being a new psychology instructor and coming to this
list
> and your first impression is Sylvester's drivel. Who we are and what our
> backgrounds are has been irrelevant to me as long as the discussions
relate
> to the teaching of psychology and the post reflects knowledge of the
topic.
> The group has tolerated is propensity towards anti-Semitic comments, his
> comments that my students would be embarrassed to make and his complete
lack
> of respect for this group.
I agree with the concern, obviously, but I really don't think that we
"tolerated" him. Several TIPSters call him on it each time he does it. That
obviously will have to continue to happen. The "just delete his posts if you
don't like them" advice is unhelpful, for exactly this reason that Gary
raises.
As I was out walking this morning <grin> I thought of a little thought
experiment: imagine that you came to this list and found that ALL of the
posts were Sylvester-like ones. I imagine that almost all of us would have
immediately unsubscribed. Of course the same thing may happen if someone
comes to the list in the middle of one of these discussions about certain
TIPSters,. which is why I think it's probably far better to just laugh at
Sylvester's posts than to try to take them on point-by-point (think
"steel-jacketed bullets passing through fog"). Let's just have as many
laughs as we can, remind people that Sylvester is not a psychology teacher,
but that he lied about that for years, and move on.
> What bothers me is that we recently had a
> discussion of plagiarism and the consequences for students who are caught
> plagiarizing. How would we deal with a student who behaved like
Sylvester.
> Imagine a student writing a paper based on personal experiences working in
a
> psychiatric hospital and you learned that he/she never had that
experience.
We've had exactly that problem, and the student was dismissed
permanently. She did not appeal the decision.
Paul
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