Answers hovered around:
- Don't say anything if you don't have to.
- If you have to say something, make sure you show remorse and demonstrate how what happened can never happen again.
- If you have to say something, preferably make someone else (in a recommendation letter) say it.
I am unhappy that “I broke my leg and I failed classes” is more acceptable and less of a liability than “My brain broke and I failed classes”. Sure; the discussion in the link includes academic cheating — and I do not condone that — but there is an underlying tone of «don't disclose your mental illness» that really worries me.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comment policy:
We reserve the right to edit all comments. In particular, we will not tolerate phobic content (race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, mental health status, etc.) nor personal attacks or threats toward another commenter, significantly off-topic, or is an obvious trolling attempt.