On a different note here, and I am NOT referring to Bill's student who may have
a legitimate medical problem:
I would actually like to teach or see taught, classes in personal
responsibility, self-reflection, conscientiousness, time-management, and
self-discipline. I find many capable students flounder because they have
developed self-serving habits of excuse-making and never seem able to do the
work I presume they are capable of doing. Of course they are used to getting
mickey-mouse extra credit to pass them along, and know they can slip by with
make-up. We have orientations for new students and give them presentations on
note-taking and the kind of study and thinking needed at the college level. I
shudder sometimes when I think of these folks wanting to become professional
workers in any field. Can an employer count on such workers? Anyway, I feel
there IS a need for such skill-teaching in many colleges. Perhaps some
tipsters do teach such things? Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
989-964-4491
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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