I never had a problem with sharing my notes with students and I actually
encouraged them to work together when studying. My feeling is that a lot of
material gets presented in a class and no one (except, maybe, the ones
taping the class) could get it all down. And, maybe, we're missing a golden
opportunity here - if they're so hot for notes from our classes, why don't
*we* sell them to 'em? <grin>
My best to all,
Larry
--On Thu, Sep 9, 1999 5:34 PM -0400 Tasha Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I was in school at the University of California (both Santa Barbara
> and Riverside), hired notetakers were official university positions.
> There were notetaking offices on campus where they were duplicated and
> sold. There were advanced students paid to take good notes and then
> other students could buy them. I was an A student who always bought the
> notes to supplement my own. Inadequate students would buy the notes and
> not show up to class. They may have gotten a C or D by doing this, but
> never an A or B. Being supplied with other people's notes is great when
> you are sick and can't attend class, or if you are anal retentive (like
> I was), or if you are handicapped in some way (such as deaf, blind, or
> just a really poor notetaker). I don't see a big problem with providing
> notes because if that's the only effort one puts into a class (buying
> the notes), their grades will show it. If they are flaky in general,
> it's unlikely that they will even study these notes very carefully or
> efficiently since most of it won't make much sense.
>
> --
> Tasha R. Howe, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> Transylvania University
> 300 N. Broadway
> Lexington, KY 40508
> (606) 233-8144
> FAX (606) 233-8797
>
>
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Larry Z. Daily
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
phone: (412) 268-4194
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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