On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Back when I was a Math grad student, one day while hanging > around the chair's office the chair relayed to me a curious > story- a parent had just been into his office to complain > about the grade their student had received from one of > the professors. The student was a high-school age kid > who was participating in the University as an Advanced > Placement student, and according to the parent, was raised > to be an A student. The professor sadly had given the > > student a B grade for the term, and the parent considered > that an insult to his child and against how they had raised > them. I don't remember what the chair said back, but I'm > pretty sure it was an interesting response in defense of > the professor. > > Some days I think we tend to say similarly confusing things > to each other about similar situations. In going through > these reports we will need to scrutinize each other's work > product, fairly and objectively, in the hopes that the > overall success rate for our mentoring efforts will improve > over time. These criticisms should be met with decency > and respect, not crowing over how meddlesome it is for > someone to comment on the quality of your work. I'd like > to someday even see mentors show enough respect and humility > for their peers in the group to seek out their counsel in > situations they have never encountered before, so that we > all can provide some input designed to help the project > continue on. +1 (Agree) -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
