July 29, 2008
The Four-Year Standoff
A moment of minor irritation at a student's dumb question can make for major aggravation
The first hint of trouble came in an e-mail message. It took me a minute to realize the sender was a parent and a bit longer to recall hazily the brief interaction with her son that prompted the message. The words "helicopter parent" had not yet entered the academic mainstream, but I braced for the encounter to unfold.
Skimming the message, I initially felt some sympathy for a mother's pain.
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