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From: Rick Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:00 PM
To: TIPS
Subject: RE: J-G Messianic student
Actually, I don't see any reason ANY student should receive special
treatment. If you don't schedule major exams for religious holidays,
students who miss class those days are doing so by choice. They won't be
permitted to do so by employers after graduation--so why permit them to do
so now? Religion is a matter of CHOICE
Actually that is not true. Religion is a right. We are obligated to allow
all of our students exercise that right. More importantly, that's the right
thing to do. Although I hated the Dodgers for leaving Brooklyn I always
respected them because they did not question Sandy Kaufax when he would not
pitch on Yom Kippur. When I was working outside of academia there was never
a question about my taking time off for religious obligations. Whatever work
was scheduled for those days students could not attend because of a
religious obligation is still the responsibility of the student. We just
have to make allowances for their completing the work in a reasonable time.
Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky
Oswego, NY 13126 Voice: (315) 312-3474
