Dear Louis, Disagreement is fine with me. I respect your posts and opinions.
Sincerely, Stuart ___________________________________________________________________________ "Floreat Labore" "Recti cultus pectora roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.ca) Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Floreat Labore" ___________________________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Louis Eugene Schmier [mailto:lschm...@valdosta.edu] Sent: May 14, 2017 10:33 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Dear "Herr Professor Doktor" Stuart, based on my personal and professional experience, supported by the research on learning, I’ll have to respectfully disagree. Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org 203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta, Ga 31602 (C) 229-630-0821 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ > On May 14, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Stuart McKelvie <smcke...@ubishops.ca> wrote: > > Dear Tipsters, > > I favour formality in correspondence with students, for two reasons: > > 1. This is a professional relationship and students should practice > professional writing. It will serve as a good model for future communication > when they are employed. > > 2. Keeping a space between professor and student (e.g. not using the > professor's first name) makes things easier when the professor has to > criticize or perhaps fail student work. > > Sincerely, > > Stuart > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > "Floreat Labore" > > > "Recti cultus pectora roborant" > > Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 > Department of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 > Bishop's University, > 2600 rue College, > Sherbrooke, > Québec J1M 1Z7, > Canada. > > E-mail: stuart.mckel...@ubishops.ca (or smcke...@ubishops.ca) > > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > > Floreat Labore" > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _____ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca] > Sent: May 14, 2017 10:06 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Dear "Herr Professor Doktor" > > Hi > > First it should be pointed out that Mike's e-mail did not have a proper > salutation, such as "Dear Reader." > > More seriously, I worry if labels are necessary to demonstrate our greater > expertise in the classroom. Shouldn't there be more substantive indicators? > > Might the informality also be encouraged by colleagues who value opinion over > knowledge and perhaps invite informal relations with their students? > > Take care > Jim > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 14, 2017, at 8:22 AM, "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Tipsters may find interesting a NY Times opinion piece on the role of >> etiquette in today's colleges and university by Molly Worthen who is >> identified as: >> >> Molly Worthen is the author of "Apostles of Reason: >> The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism," >> an assistant professor of history at the University of North >> Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a contributing opinion writer. >> >> Her article can be accessed here: >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/opinion/sunday/u-cant-talk-to-ur-p >> r >> ofessor-like-this.html >> >> So, how do you deal with students who think "Okay, you got a Ph.D., >> so what? Think you're better than me?" >> >> -Mike Palij >> New York University >> m...@nyu.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=3229968.90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f >> 9 >> 1291&n=T&l=tips&o=50827 or send a blank email to >> leave-50827-3229968.90f21a83d5f62f052ba84a49e2f91291@fsulist.frostbur >> g >> .edu >> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: smcke...@ubishops.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72 > e3&n=T&l=tips&o=50828 or send a blank email to > leave-50828-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3@fsulist.frostburg.e > du > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: lschm...@valdosta.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=931223.50b956e1f0f315eddcd01dfbd8b87 > bc1&n=T&l=tips&o=50829 or send a blank email to > leave-50829-931223.50b956e1f0f315eddcd01dfbd8b87bc1@fsulist.frostburg. > edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: smcke...@ubishops.ca. 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