I often have a slightly different problem namely that it takes many emails back and forth to set up a meeting and then the student forgets to show up for the meeting (and I'm waiting for the student). Now I say that students must come during my office hours (spread across many times and days) unless they have a class during every one of them. Then it is just much less work all around. Marie
**************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS), +45 2065 1360 Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html **************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Ken Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 3:20 To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] a typical day Here is a typical day for me recently. A student comes to me immediately before or after class and wants to make an appointment to either discuss a previous test or an upcoming test. I ask what is the students schedule on the next upcoming 2 or 3 days. The student gives me a general answer ("I'm free in the afternoon"). I say email me and I will look at my calendar and schedule a meeting. No email is sent; no schedule is arranged. The student talks to me a week later and says he/she wants to set up a meeting to discuss a prior or upcoming test. I ask what is the students schedule on the next upcoming 2 or 3 days. The student gives me a general answer ("I'm free in the afternoon"). I say email me and I will look at my calendar and schedule a meeting. No email is sent; no schedule is arranged. The student comes to me a week later for a 3rd time immediately before or after class and wants to make an appointment to either discuss a previous test or an upcoming test. The student usually appears desperate for a meeting because a test is on the immediate time horizon. I say email me and nothing happens. Is this happening with other people? Ken --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=10026 or send a blank email to leave-10026-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10033 or send a blank email to leave-10033-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
