This is really crazy, but like others have said, I imagine it will sort itself out. I'm afraid I would hold a grudge for some time were I in your shoes, though. I'm not sure I could continue to work in an environment of such mistrust (assuming your suspension is retracted). But I suppose holding a grudge would be suspicious too...oh dear. I wish you the best of luck with this, and I find the whole thing both sobering and depressing. I agree with Rikki, I'd like to see the posts be more secure--my husband has Googled me and warned me that my posts come up. He's less naive than I, maybe I should stop telling him to be so paranoid. Good luck, Carol
Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -----Original Message----- From: William Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 2/27/2008 8:55 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] this world is getting crazy The correspondence below is a thread of TIPs that recently happened. I took part in it as you can read. Based on this actual exchange, and nothing else, I have been suspended from my job (with pay --hooray). My college has decided that I am a possible threat to everyone and I must undergo some evaluation (as yet to be determined - maybe psychiatric, maybe going through all my email, -- who knows). It seems that someone sent a copy of my posting to the president of the college saying that I was making terrorist threats. I don't know if this was an idiot reading of my post or a friend sending the letter as a prank. Regardless, I have been relieved of my position as a tenured professor of psychology at the College of Wooster untill this is settled. This is real. I am not kidding about this. Originally a member named Michael Sylvester wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > U miss the point.The shooter's behavior was due to his not taking his > meds-nothing more,nothing less. In response, Christopher Green of York University (where I used to be a faculty member) wrote: Nothing more, nothing less? By that logic, we should immediately jail everyone who stops taking prescribed medications. I think this situation is FAR more complicated than whether one takes drugs. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University In response to this Tim Shearon of Idaho College wrote: Chris- You stopped too soon. Let's develop profiles of those who might stop taking their meds. We could then prevent this from occurring. (removing tongue from cheek for the next few minutes) :) Incidentally I've stopped taking my meds. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In response to this I wrote: I have stopped taking my meds, too. I was prescribed some prozac a couple of years ago when I reported feeling fatigued to my family medicine doctor. I quit taking it after a month or so because it seemed to make no difference. Last weekend in a discussion of the shootings with some old friends I confessed that I responded to the news by thinking of a list of people I would blow away at my school in a similar way. Catch me if you can. Bill Scott p.s. The point is that, although all of the above is true, I believe it is true for 99.99% of people who have the same story that they will never do such a thing. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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