Joseph "Joe" Edward McGrath, Ph.D.

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From Wikipedia: McGrath loved to write what he called "doggerel" and composed the following titled Growing From Advisor Into Mentor:

In early years I thought my job
Was keeping standards high
'Twas rigor that I sought to teach
With criticism wry

But later on I learned anew
The truth of feedback's fate:
That many barrels of vinegar
Does not one thought create

That snips of sugar, sagely used
Can motivate anew
That praise, like yeast, can leaven
The intellectual brew

I also learned that students
(Like our kids, by now all grown)
Had lives to live, and dreams to dream
Relationships to hone

That they were folks who needed
Their autonomy to claim
That "study" was a part of life
But not the whole damn game

But most of all I came to see
That what they most required
Was the surge of capability
That self-confidence inspired.

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