tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8020255709844451135..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: On Mental Illness Within the Faculty. From Inside Higher Ed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55618183688342898322015-07-22T09:29:55.966-04:002015-07-22T09:29:55.966-04:00Definitely a difficult case, since his actions whi...Definitely a difficult case, since his actions while ill seriously undermined his ability to perform multiple parts of his job, and sometimes went as far as undermining others' ability to do their jobs. Still, it seems to me that the college acted appropriately (both on general principles and in keeping with their Christian principles) and that his colleagues did not do what they could and Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78873370328349347212015-07-22T08:40:29.292-04:002015-07-22T08:40:29.292-04:00I think perhaps the professor was being held accou...I think perhaps the professor was being held accountable by his colleagues for his past overt behavior that had caused them real problems. That the misbehavior might be ascribable to something other than simple incompetence or asshollery did not nullify the impact upon them. The explanation of the behavior can help in the process of healing, forgiving, and moving on only if such an explanation Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68334622425859802015-07-21T15:44:15.202-04:002015-07-21T15:44:15.202-04:00An individual who performs and behaves properly de...An individual who performs and behaves properly despite actual or suspected mental illness should not be penalized just because of mental illness. Why does that have to mean that one can underperform and misbehave and then suffer no consequences?<br /><br />The professor got plenty of leniency. He should not be surprised if other people are not comfortable to let him loose in a classroom (Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37704968554867122182015-07-21T15:03:11.471-04:002015-07-21T15:03:11.471-04:00Egads that is sad. I don't have any idea how m...Egads that is sad. I don't have any idea how my department would handle such a case, but I suspect, poorly. Mental illness of any kind of just not tolerated. The isolation of people in trouble seems common, as is clear this department's faculty members aim to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com