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How to reach me

I'm Jay Mendell, professor of public administration at Florida Atlantic University. My various Internet pages are accessible by starting at GollyGrantsOnline.com/jay.htm. Don't fail to browse the pages.

About the course.

The object of this class is to make you amazing. Any questions?

My teaching style.

I am who I am, and I don't plan to change. You don't like it? This is an elective course, so go find another.

Why the inappropriate is often appropriate

Political correctness

Provocation, crisis, and paradigm shift

Eccentricity vs. conventionality

NewsHour Online: Clinical neuro-psychologist David Weeks on eccentricity

New theories of management: or B. S. with the best

One of my stories

Public Voices thought this story, "The Third Sector," was too lurid. So I let Circuit Traces have the story.

Your homework and class discussion of homework will be the principal determinants of your grade.

Following session X, at session X+1, you will turn in your paper, a thoughtful, imaginative, single-spaced, one-page log or diary,  commenting on the class, the readings for the class or the next class. Think hard before you write, because I want two pages of brilliant ideas written in one page. I want your written work to look terrific.  Use sharp, black fonts. Use no fonts smaller than 10-pt or larger than 12-pt, and only use Arial or Times Roman fonts, because whatever you give me will be scanned and posted on the Internet. Do not use any staples.

You must execute the paper as I describe it here, or I will not be able to scan and post it.. 

The first  item must be "This is the start of a paper by X," where "X" is your private nickname. Then write your paper. Then conclude it by writing "This is the end of the paper by X.." Then turn the paper over and write your real name in the upper right corner.

Don’t turn in anything you would not wish to have posted on the Web, because I am, in fact,  going to post it in the next 48 hours. Everyone will read everyone else's paper and be prepared for a class discussion.

At session X+1, we  will have a round-robin discussion. I will then grade your paper based on my impression  and the attention it attracts from the class and return it to you at session X+2..

Your grade in the course will be based on your papers, your discussion of others' papers, and your attendance.

Here are some rules you must study and follow . . .

This is not a distance learning course. You do not get to fax or mail in your work or send it by email.. You show up alert and on time and stay until the end. I am sick of having to deal with fuddled students who miss explanations and instructions because they wandered in late or did not show up at all. 

If you come up to me and say, "I have got to skip class next week to [insert your excuse here]," and I reply, "Okay," this does not mean I have excused you. It just means I have decided not to abuse you at the moment, since I can do so in the privacy of my home when I write the grade sheet. 

If I promise you an excused absence, get it in writing or it doesn’t count as promised. )By the wa, I have never given an excuse in writing.)

I will make an accommodations for a religious holidays, if you notify me in advance and we work on a plan for what you will miss.

The Web page for the course.

Near the beginning of the course, I’ll give you an address for the course Web page. If I have any messages for the class and non-confidential messages for individual students, I’ll post them to the Web page, near the bottom. Checking the page every week is not optional. 

E-mail.

In the subject line of any e-mail you send me, you must state "I am your student this term in PAD 6061," or I may mistake your message for junk mail or a virus. Also, be sure that your user ID for e-mail reveals your name, not some wacko ID like "Queen of the Night," or "Gonzo Websurfer."

Written work.

Required materials.

Everything you need for this course will be posted to the Web page. Check the Web page for material added to the bottom of the page.

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Here are the papers you submitted on 030903. Please don't mention my name in your papers, since it attracts the attention of Google and other search engines away from my work to yours. Also, please single space your papers.

Here are the papers you submitted on 030910. .

Here are the papers you submitted on 030917. .

Here are the papers you submitted on 030924. .

Here are the papers you submitted on 031001. .

Here are the papers you submitted on 031008. .

Here are the papers you submitted on 031015. .

Here are the papers you submitted on 031022. (in a slow-loading PDF file).

Here are the papers you submitted on 031029.

Here are the papers you submitted on 031105.

Here are the papers you submitted on 031112.

Here are the papers you submitted on 031119.

Here is the end-of-term schedule for Jay's classes, in reverse chronological order.

Monday, December 15. Grades are due at 9 a. m.

Saturday, December 13, No class in Capital Campaigns and Resource Development.

Friday, December 12. Commencement.

Thursday, December 11. No class in Computer Applications. But Jay sits in his office, LA 470 in case anyone turns up with a question or comment or urgent issue.

Saturday, December 6. Last class in CC&RD.

Wednesday, December 3. No classes.

Thursday, Novemer 27. Last class in VCM.

Wednesday, November 26. Last class in Computer Applications.