[tips] Daytona State President could be fired.

2010-11-17 Thread michael sylvester
Wow,so many academicians have been fired and are under fire in Central Florida that I am thinking of resurrecting William Buckley and hosting my own Firing Line show live from Daytona Beach. The latest predicted to be casualty could be Ken Sharples,the President of Daytona State College (formerl

Re: [tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread michael sylvester
Christopher D Let it never be said that, despite our occasional differences, TIPSters are not, in the end, on happy family. :-) Chris Like Google would say "Do you mean "one" (not on) happy family?" Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed

[tips] NITOP January 2011: There Is Still Time to Register!

2010-11-17 Thread Bill Southerly
Registration is still open as of November 15, 2010, for the 33rd Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, January 3-6, 2011, at the TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel in St. Pete Beach, Florida. For the full program, other details about the conference, and to register online, visit ww

RE: [tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread Ed Callen
On one hand I am continually surprised that people on this list take the time to respond to the obvious trolls of this list "member", on the other I am happy to see that the responses are of a nature that reflect a level of intellect that one would expect of someone seriously posing the intial "

Re: [tips] Future shock

2010-11-17 Thread Michael Smith
I also would highlight (from Allen) "...how one judges the case... " --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6568 or send a blank email to leave-6568-130

Re: [tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread Mike Palij
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:04:26 -0800, Michael Sylvester wrote: >To me,if your contract is not being renewed,you are implicitly being >fired. As Denzel Washington's character Alonzo Harris in the movie "Training Day" said: "It's not what you know but what you can prove". An academic who doesn't ha

[tips] Is Physics Difficult? (was Why are we still asking silly questions?)

2010-11-17 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in a post "Is Physics Difficult? [Hake (2010)]. The abstract reads: ** ABSTRACT: Robert Kaiser of the Physics First List wrote (paraphrasing): "Why are we still asking the silly question 'Should child

Re: [tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread Christopher D. Green
Mike Palij wrote: > Hugs and kisses. > Let it never be said that, despite our occasional differences, TIPSters are not, in the end, on happy family. :-) Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca

Re: [tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread michael sylvester
To me,if your contract is not being renewed,you are implicitly being fired. I had a colleague who would always write in the "Reasons for leaving" - Non-renewal of fixed term contract,which really meant a firing. But the sublimated expression for being fired is "The department is moving in a new

re: [tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread Mike Palij
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:37:17 -0800, Michael Sylvester wrote: >Another prof has been fired at the University of Central Florida. It >happened in the Health Sciences division where the prof refused >to adopt a text for her course- CULTURALLY SENSITIVE >HEALTH CARE.The prof objected to the negativ

[tips] Another prof fired at U.C.F

2010-11-17 Thread michael sylvester
Another prof has been fired at the University of Central Florida.It happened in the Health Sciences division where the prof refused to adopt a text for her course- CULTURALLY SENSITIVE HEALTH CARE.The prof objected to the negative stereotypes of blacks and other minorities in the text.She is app

[tips] Highly Sensitive people - anything to this?

2010-11-17 Thread Michael Britt
I was recently contacted by someone who invited me to take a look at the site for "highly sensitive" people. Obviously the term isn't in the DSM and based on my perusal of the site I have to say I'm a little suspect. Any thoughts on this idea? http://highlysensitive.org/ Michael Michael Bri

Re: [tips] Question on sleep

2010-11-17 Thread sblack
Ed Pollak asked: > > > I distinctly remember reading that there are some (very few) > > people for whom it is normal to get an hour or less sleep per > > night. > > > Can anyone out there helpwith a reference? It's driving me > > nuts. Feeling sorry for someone being driven into nuts, I resp

[tips] Correlation:British royal weddings and economics

2010-11-17 Thread michael sylvester
The announcement of a royal wedding during the time the Brits have experienced a few days of massive violent demonstrations and are currently experiencing a downturn in the economy does appear to be suspicious. Btw,what is Prince William's last name? Mountbatten? And is it true that the Royal

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-17 Thread Christopher D. Green
I don't have the time to read another of Allen essays, but skimming through it, I am surprised that there is not mention of the fact that Britain eventually (1872) did agree to pay damages to the US in the amount of $15,500,000 (about $275 billion today) in no small part for their actions durin

RE:[tips] Question on sleep

2010-11-17 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
This right before my 8:00 class . . . I believe Dement mentions a case or two in his book The Promise of Sleep. I think he says that none of these people have been willing to come to a sleep lab to have their claims verified and studied. Joe Joseph J. Horton, Ph. D. Box 3077 Grove City College

Re: [tips] Canada's early intolerance

2010-11-17 Thread Allen Esterson
Chris Green writes: >"Sided with" was indeed too strong. It is true that Britain was officially >neutral, but they were, shall we say, sympathetic to the South >(entirely on grounds of self-interest -- an independent Confederacy >would be a very weak country, very much dependent on the British >ap