I hope she doesn't hold a grudge against you for thwarting her misappropriation of those Hersey's Kisses

Those get spun into Valuable Life Lessons.

It's like "Tuesdays with Morrie" with Death Rays.

"Point of order, Punk. Informing me of your intentions to steal something is a basic no-no of criminal planning. This is why the Riddler always gets caught."

I'm always telling my students, "For god's sake, at least be sneaky about it!"

There's only so much you can do for someone who needs help but doesn't want it. And "be a good friend" is too vague to be really good advice.

oh, absolutely. But we're talking college students here. They may not recognize that, and a vague "be supportive" bit on a website is USELESS.

I'm always telling my students, "For god's sake, at least be sneaky about it!"

I was on a faculty panel for an accusation of plagiarism, and the prof said "It's not even that I'm upset that he plagiarized, but that he thought I'd be stupid enough not to notice!" (this was a case where the student turned in a law review article word for word)

I'm always telling my students, "For god's sake, at least be sneaky about it!"

Lewis always tells the kids, "You might be able to fool one of us at a time, but the likelihood that you'll get both isn't real high unless you work harder and get a whole lot savvier than your mother."

I dunno, my Dad always said that he expected me to be smart enough not to get caught doing whatever I wasn't supposed to be. If I got caught, I got in trouble for whatever I was doing AND got the "You are supposed to be cleverer than that, Jillian" speech.

So, maybe I *DO* need to make you watch Psych, after all.

When I was in college and severely depressed, I honestly had no clue what was wrong with me. I ended up reading a checklist of depression symptoms in a Reader's Digest, and, as silly as it may sound, it was a huge wake up call and a relief to finally know what was wrong with me. And, even then it took me a while to seek real help. Maybe some sort of check list on depression symptoms with a list of services given to the kid might help, especially if there can be some sort of follow up by someone in authority? Just a suggestion.

(this was a case where the student turned in a law review article word for word)

"Dammit! I x-ed out the author's name with a Sharpie and wrote mine! How could they possibly have detected the subterfuge?!"

"Steve...have you ever thought about changing your major to 'Henchmanry'?"

Re Em's future world domination - MM, you may find yourself permanently deprived of kisses (Hershey's and any other kind). That kind of evil doesn't take well to being thwarted.

or, you know, "Loyal Minion" might work. I should know, I do run a fanblog.