Re: Generational clash?

1999-04-15 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
At 01:34 PM 4/15/99 , Serdikoff, Sherry L. wrote: snip Are there any younger faculty members out there (born between 1964 and 1974) that have noticed differences in their attitudes or experiences towards students, teaching or academia, in general? Compared to??? Compared to Geezers (and

Re: Drugs, Therapy, Placebo

1999-03-21 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
At 08:53 AM 3/21/99 , Jeffrey Nagelbush wrote: The following column appeared in the Sunday NY Times Web edition: Placebo Nation By JOHN HORGAN snip From psychoanalysis to Prozac, all the therapies offered so far are roughly equivalent in their

Re: Info request (credit for a technique)

1999-03-04 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
At 01:07 PM 3/2/99 , Pat Cabe wrote: Some time ago someone wrote to TIPS and suggested a technique for getting students to read and keep up with the class. The idea was to ask students to write a notecard containing a summary of the reading assignment (all this from memory, of course). A

Re: what do gays think of heterosexuals?

1999-02-23 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
At 12:01 PM 2/23/99 , Michael Sylvester wrote: how accepting of heterosexuals are gays? I had two lesbians in one of my classes who avoided interacting with the other students? comments invited. Comment: In my class and in the LBGT support group I advised, I found that lesbians and gays tend

Re: Help with Alternative Medicine

1999-02-14 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
At 01:07 PM 2/12/99 , Rick Froman wrote: Really?  Even warts?  Can anyone comment on this? Rick Actually, yes. Although warts are apparently due to a virus, there are myriad stories of their cure by wierd rituals. My mother actually got rid of hers by stealing a handkerchief from her mother's

RE: Patch Adams/impairment

1999-02-03 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
Some things I can resist, but temptation is not among them: Once a person has been "impaired" and prior to "repairing" them, they should first get a divorce. 2 cents... Peter Lawson, Ph.D. Psychology Department Century College White Bear Lake, MN 55110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Accusations and Joyce Brothers

1999-01-23 Thread Peter Carole Lawson
At 19:06 1/22/99 -0400, Beth Benoit wrote: In reference to Joyce Brothers: What's everybody's gripe about her? snip she gives solid, sensible advice. snip Perhaps for the same reason that many on the list gripe about Dr. Laura? Dr. Bob Wildblood, Perhaps because, while Ann Dr. Joyce