Michael- Refer her to counseling. You are being invited into a new relationship with this student. It isn't your job to save people. If there were/is some valid reason why someone has missed that's one thing but this seems like it is probably part of an ongoing strategy (for lack of a better word) for eliciting this type of behavior from teachers and other supervisors. My advice is to remind the student that you have a syllabus and it specifies what attendance is acceptable and how to contact you if there are problems. The student is engaging in dangerous magical thinking- To believe one can do something that will change the past is an odd belief indeed. Not to mention that she's just told you that you are somehow responsible for her missing and now you have to fix it. Don't. Refer her and wish her good luck. Tim
********************************************** Timothy O. Shearon, Ph.D. Department of Psychology (Chairperson) Albertson College of Idaho Caldwell, Idaho ph- 208-459-5840 teaching interests: neuropsychology, history of psychology, developmental (topical), intro -----Original Message----- From: sylvestm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:47 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Rescue me I am not referring to the r&b classic by Aretha Franklin but to a student who came to me to try to rescue her from an academic problem.This student has missed lots of classes and his barely passing the course. Anyway,she feels that it is essential that she gets a C in the class to maintain her financial good standing. So she wants me to give her extra work. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
