Should this guy have been sacked?

[Reaves]

Hmm tough one.

On one hand he did mention that if all appropriate paper work was submitted he MAY get the extension although he was mainly saying that it was useless as he was the worse performer in the class anyway and in the lecturers eyes not at a level that warrented a pass. Therefore he shouldn't be sacked for not giving the extension as that wasn't the case.

Prove that your father died and your were distraught and unable to complete assignments-in spite of your abysmal record to date as an underperforming and underquallifed student- and perhaps you might qualify for an extension to get a C-.

From the letter it seems he WAS sacked for being an idiot.

these sort of excuses-culturally driven and preying on some sort of Western liberal guilt-are simply lame.

Even if he thought this was the case, to state it in writing is not needed and if false would be very insulting. I'd sack him for not using tact. He certainly could have handled it better.

[August]

As a teacher i can see both sides of this argument. First off the letter the Director sent was very unprofessional. That Hoadley crack at the end in particular was unnecessary. The spelling was also atrocious. A quick forum post is one thing but a letter to a student, especially with such a contentious subject deserves a lot more effort than he put into it.

On the other hand I know the type of student he's talking about.

[Heibges]

Is Senior Lecturer a tenured position?

[August]

Originally Posted by Heibges

Is Senior Lecturer a tenured position?

According to the letter he is(was) a Director.

[jumpy]

He's a senior lecturer in politics... what more needs to be said about his usefullness as a human being But I guess that goes with the bad grammar, spelling and punctuation too.

Subject: RE: Extension
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 19:24:20
From: Paul Buchanan
To: Student
Dear xxxx:
I say this reluctantly but not so subtly: you are not suitable for a graduate degree. It does not matter if your father died or if you have a medical certificate.
I have been too nice and given you too high marks all along (at C+). I do not anticipate that you will do better in the final exercise. You are already a day late.
The extension is meaningless because you have not attended the last few classes and are the worse performer in the class.
Of course by a far stretch, You will have the obiturary of your father, but even if available and the student health people might have believed you, I do not. You are close to failing in any event, so these sort of excuses-culturally driven and preying on some sort of Western liberal guilt-are simply lame.
Prove that your father died and your were distraught and unable to complete assignments-in spite of your abysmal record to date as an underperforming and underquallifed student- and perhaps you might qualify for an extension to get a C-.
But as it stands, you will flunk since your are already a day+ late, and you trrack record is poor.
By the way-are you a Hoadley student? That would explain a lot of things.
In a word: NO-I do not accept your extensuon request.
PGB
Paul G Buchanan
Director, New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies (NZCLAS)

3/10 see me.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by jumpy

He's a senior lecturer in politics... what more needs to be said about his usefullness as a human being

Wahey.

[jumpy]

Rather obviously that's meant to be toungue in cheek... but I'm sure I have expressed my rather dim view on anything political in the past. Were he a senior lecturer on Statesmen we might be looking at things differently :hmm: hehe

[Tchocky]

My sense of humour detection unit requires calibration

A moment please