The address of this page is GollyGrantsOnline.com/6061-spring-2007.htm.  

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. 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 course

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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.

Each week you will turn in your paper, a thoughtful, imaginative, single-spaced, one-page log or diary,  commenting on the class and/or the suggested readings. Think hard before you write, because I want two pages worth of brilliant ideas written in one page. I want your written work to look terrific.  Use sharp, black fonts on white paper. 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 word process 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.

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. I will also make accommodations for organ transplants (giving or receiving).

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." Save the wacko ID's for your weekly submission.

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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Posted 070115 at 1:15 p. m.
I cannot pin my doctor down to a firm date when he will hospitalize me. As soon as I know, I'll advise you.

Posted 2007-01-15 at :6:00 p. m.
There will be no need for me to cancel any class for my trip to the hospital.

Posted 2007-01-23 at 5:40 a. m.
Here are students HW. Set #1 and set #2.

Everyone has to use a larger font, which means fewer words. 
I suggest 12 or 14 pt Arial or Times fonts.

Posted 2007-01-26 at 7:00 a. m.
There will be no class this Monday, 2007-01-29. I need 
some recovery time from my stay in the hospital. 

Posted 070206.
Here are last night's papers.  

This one will load fast but will be hard to read.

Note: NEVER, EVER fold a paper you are going to turn in for this course. 
Never use wrinkled paper.

Student nicknamed ****  need to use a larger font. Same for Anita Bath.

J. P. Prewitt and chillinj must use larger fonts. Chutzpah18 must single space 
and use larger font.

Posted 2007-02-13 at 8:00 a. m.
Here are last night's logs.

Please, no more small fonts. If necessary, use wider margins and larger fonts.

Posted 2007-02-18
If you are planning to attend the program on disabilities originally scheduled for the Boca Chamber of Commerce: it has been moved to Embassy Suites in Boca Ration. This is not course related, so if you do not understand what I am talking about here, relax. 

Posted on 2007-02-18
Spring break runs from  Mon March 5 to Sun March 11

Posted 2007-02-20
Here are last night's logs.

Posted 2007-02-27
Here are last night's logs.

Please check here in a few days for additional interesting links concerning 
Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey..

Posted 2007-03-08

Here are important links to Hero's Journey:

A Practical Guide to The Hero with a Thousand Faces,  http://www.skepticfiles.org/atheist2/hero.htm 

Archetypes in the Hero's Journey, http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~mgoodin19/archtype.htm 

Posted 2007-03-18

End of Term Schedule, in Reverse Order

May 12 (Sat)                 My first day of retirement

May 7 (Mon)                  Grades are due

May 4 (Fri)                    Graduation day, semester ends

April 27-May 3               Final exams week. My classes don’t meet.

April 26 (Thu)                 Reading Day. Does not affect my classes.

April 25 (Wed)               Last day of class in grantwriting

April 23 (Mon)               Last day of visionary management, See change below.

April 21 (Sat)                 Last day of fundraising

Posted 2007-03-20. Here are last night's papers.

Additional material on the journey.

From Answers.com, the monomyth

From Wikipedia, Hero's Journey

Mythological archetypes 

Posted 2007-03-27
Here are last night's papers.

Posted 2007-04-10
Here are last night's papers.

Posted 2007-04-18
No more class sessions.