Great op-ed piece, Frank. Thanks so much for linking to it!
I also had a stalker student once and had to get administrative back-up to ensure he didn't take any more of my classes after the first one where he so (negatively) distinguished himself.
The sad fact is that many people who would never be able to get a job due to mental illness, can nevertheless malinger as students for years. Some of them are scary and everyone I know who was ever a professor has a story of at least one nut, if not several.
Great op-ed piece, Frank. Thanks so much for linking to it!
ReplyDeleteI also had a stalker student once and had to get administrative back-up to ensure he didn't take any more of my classes after the first one where he so (negatively) distinguished himself.
The sad fact is that many people who would never be able to get a job due to mental illness, can nevertheless malinger as students for years. Some of them are scary and everyone I know who was ever a professor has a story of at least one nut, if not several.