Those Lovable SLP Students!

At the last meeting on 11/28/12, three speech language pathology students from Cal State San Marcos showed up unexpectedly just as the meeting was about to begin. I couldn't help but overhear one of them saying to Mihaela that she had emailed her (Mihaela) an hour before the meeting to announce they were coming! How thoughtful of them! If this doesn't show the students are taking us for granted, I'm the most fluent person who ever lived. The meeting went fine as the three students sat behind and to the side of the rest of the group & didn't take part in the meeting. They simply observed us and didn't say a word. I think this is exactly the way the meetings should be run when the students attend. We should hardly be aware that the students are present. If, after the meeting, members of the group & students want to hang around and chit - chat, that's fine. I just don't think we should adapt the meetings in any way to accommodate the students. Basically, I think when students attend, the meetings should simply be run as if they weren't there.