*!*!*!*!We had a BLAST at Barn Raising Bar!*!*!*!*

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

For the bet as to how long before your daughter wrecks her new car.

Noooo! Don't jinx her!!!

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

I feel for ya too, I broke my ankle very badly in around 1990 slipping on ice in the driveway! My foot was facing the wrong way, straight out to the side when I looked at it. YIKES....

Yow!!!

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Good Morning Folks, up and at 'em!

First thing on my agenda today was an Academic Review Board meeting. I figure, if things equal out over time, the week should improve from here!

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

First thing on my agenda today was an Academic Review Board meeting. I figure, if things equal out over time, the week should improve from here!

Is that when they judge your performance?

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Is that when they judge your performance?

No. This is the board that reviews student issues such as dismissals due to bad grades or plagiarism/cheating charges. I'm on the board.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

No. This is the board that reviews student issues such as dismissals due to bad grades or plagiarism/cheating charges. I'm on the board.

Eww, don't think I'd like to do that. It could influence kids lives forever, and possibly, not in a good way.

[sasnglass77]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Eww, don't think I'd like to do that. It could influence kids lives forever, and possibly, not in a good way.

Well Kermie, there is a saying, "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."
If students decide to perform acts such as plaglarism, it is only fair they land in front of a board (like the one Liz sits on). Why should one student spend countless hours researching a subject and read through so many works to learn, then write a good paper, when another student will copy someone else's work? Academic honesty is huge in colleges and should not be taken lightly, not by professors and especially students.

[oyealiz]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Eww, don't think I'd like to do that. It could influence kids lives forever, and possibly, not in a good way.

I don't like to do it. It's a necessity. If they are before the board, they have messed up in some way, and this is their "day in court."

Sometimes there are "honest mistakes" or bad times in their lives (perhaps they failed all their classes in a semester due to stress from various reasons), and sometimes there are worse issues.

Regardless, it's not a pleasant experience to be before the board or to sit on the board, I assure you!

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

Well Kermie, there is a saying, "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."
If students decide to perform acts such as plaglarism, it is only fair they land in front of a board (like the one Liz sits on). Why should one student spend countless hours researching a subject and read through so many works to learn, then write a good paper, when another student will copy someone else's work? Academic honesty is huge in colleges and should not be taken lightly, not by professors and especially students.

Originally Posted by oyealiz

I don't like to do it. It's a necessity. If they are before the board, they have messed up in some way, and this is their "day in court."

Sometimes there are "honest mistakes" or bad times in their lives (perhaps they failed all their classes in a semester due to stress from various reasons), and sometimes there are worse issues.

Regardless, it's not a pleasant experience to be before the board or to sit on the board, I assure you!

Hi Laurie and Liz. I was just thinking back to my (ughhh) high school days. I was a big mature guy and very independent, and I hated the stupid kiddy type rules like putting your hand up to go to the washroom, etc, and power tripping teachers. It had nothing to do with the curriculum. I butted heads enough that I got fed up, dropped out and enrolled in university as a per course pay as you go, and then was accepted as a full time student. I graduated before my cohorts from high school.
My point is that all the rules don't suit all the students, that's all.

[sasnglass77]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Hi Laurie and Liz. I was just thinking back to my (ughhh) high school days. I was a big mature guy and very independent, and I hated the stupid kiddy type rules like putting your hand up to go to the washroom, etc, and power tripping teachers. It had nothing to do with the curriculum. I butted heads enough that I got fed up, dropped out and enrolled in university as a per course pay as you go, and then was accepted as a full time student. I graduated before my cohorts from high school.
My point is that all the rules don't suit all the students, that's all.

Afternoon Kermie,
I know what you mean. But like Liz stated, those boards are a necessity.

How was your weekend?

[sasnglass77]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Is that when they judge your performance?

No, its not that kind of board, its the kind to see if the student should be able to remain enrolled due to cheating or outside forces that affected the student such as an A student who out of the blue gets a failing grade. Does the student deserve academic probation so they can pull their grades back up. Or a student who just may not be ready for the commitment college requires (studying vs partying), is that student ready. College is expensive, if the latter is the case, and the student is not ready it may be in his/her best interest to take a semester off and reassess the situation and commitment and expense.

Kudos to Liz, it is not an easy board to sit on (from what my professor told me) as I know a person who failed the comprehensive exam in grad school. Then the board had to decide if he should be able to do them orally or fail and not graduate. The board decided to let him retake the subjects he did poorly on, orally and gave him an extra week to review the material.

[DAB]

liz, do you need to borrow IC's ban hammer?

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

Afternoon Kermie,
I know what you mean. But like Liz stated, those boards are a necessity.

How was your weekend?

Well, I'm just hobbling around, but it's healing pretty good now thanks. Could be a lot worse, it could be winter. At least I can wear sandals in the good weather.

[sasnglass77]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Well, I'm just hobbling around, but it's healing pretty good now thanks. Could be a lot worse, it could be winter. At least I can wear sandals in the good weather.

Yes, that's a great way to look at it!

I'm a barefoot type person in the summer. Give me a pair of flip flops in the summer...less is better

Love the summer time!

[carlton_fritz]

I wonder if it will ever rain again...

[Kerrmudgeon]

Good Morning all you southerners!

Rainy day in the north country, and getting hot and humid later, possibly tunder and lightnin too! Supposed to be in the 90's for a few days!
I'M MELTING!

[sasnglass77]

Afternoon everyone!

[onedef92]

Originally Posted by carlton_fritz

I wonder if it will ever rain again...

30% chance locally on Thurs. All bets are off in the meantime as temps soar in the upper 90s. We had a pretty decent squall of soakers last weekend, though.

[dwjz06]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

Afternoon everyone!

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by oyealiz

I just hope you didn't break something like when I fell down two stairs.

I heard on FB that her water broke... I give her till July 4th to wreck this car.

[sasnglass77]

Originally Posted by dwjz06

How are you Don? How's your day going for you?

[dwjz06]

Originally Posted by sasnglass77

How are you Don? How's your day going for you?

Got off early. How about yours?