Hi Linda and others,
You're right. I can't believe I missed it. Marty wrote me about it, and
I'm wondering when I got to be so humor-challenged. I guess I could plead
end-of-the-semester snow blindness or something.
Thanks for your post.
Beth
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>From: "Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Beth Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: student email query
>Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2000, 5:41 PM
>
> Hi Beth,
>
> I think the post was assumed to be funny not because of the "grade
> groveling" but because his excuse was that he "did an intern". Most
> likely he meant that he did an internship.
>
> Hope your semester is winding down smoothly.
>
> Linda
>
> Beth Benoit wrote:
>>
>> I didn't find Marty's post funny, but not because I'm offended, think he's
>> insensitive or any of the reasons on that little private list some TIPSters
>> seem to keep which decides which posts are politically incorrect.
>>
>> The reason it's not funny to me anymore is that I get AT LEAST ONE of these
>> every single semester. Students seem to feel that great need=a passing
>> grade. I have never been able to figure it out. I NEVER give in on these
>> whiny things, yet continue to receive them, semester after semester. You'd
>> think I'd be accustomed to them, but my jaw drops every single time.
>>
>> It's hard to keep a straight face when addressing the writer because I'm so
>> incredulous. In person, they usually begin by being very agreeable, warm,
>> etc., but when they find out their sad story will not win them a passing
>> grade, they usually change their demeanor and stalk off with an offended
>> air. Never pleasant to deal with...
>>
>> Beth Benoit
>> University of Massachusetts
>> Middlesex Community College
>>
>> > "I am writing you again in regards to my grade. I hate to sound this way
but
>> > I really need to pass this class in order to graduate this semester, even
if
>> > its with a D. I should have put more effort into this class but it has been
>> > hard with my schedule, i did an intern this semester also. Please let me
>> > know if there is any extra credit I can do if I need to.
>> > Thanks, "
>> >
>> > Marty Bourgeois
>> > University of Wyoming.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
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> Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor - Psychology
> Director - Gerontology
> Coordinator - Holocaust and Genocide Studies
> Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
> Webster University
> 470 E. Lockwood
> St. Louis, Missouri 63110
>
> http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
