Exactly! -Don.
Don Allen Dept. of Psychology Langara College 100 W. 49th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-323-5871 ----- Original Message ----- From: William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:17 pm Subject: [tips] RE: Random Thought: A Quickie on Caring To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > When I first started out in this business(more than 30 years ago), > I had a position within a very large psychology faculty in Canada. > There was a faculty member there who would write memos to us all > about good teaching that were not unlike those under current > discussion. He saw the classroom as a family. He was also widely > disliked within the faculty. In my junior status, I took his > missives to be somewhat instructive and I asked others why they > seemed to dislike his communications. One response that I still > remember was this. How would you feel if you belonged to a group > of concerned parents but one of your members deigned to tell you > how you should be a parent (This was before we used "parent" as a > verb)? > This tips group is a collection of people who only belong to the > group because they care about teaching. Being challenged about our > sensitivity to the cares of our students is equivalent to asking a > group of concerned parents whether or not they want their children > to thrive. > > Bill Scott > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi- > bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
