[nagdu] my views on guide dog school promotion and/or bashing

[Julie J.]

Heya all!

I thought a quick post of what I, as the moderator, find acceptable and 
what is not would be appropriate.

I consider it to be school bashing when there is no evidence of actual 
questionable behavior or practices.  A good indicator of this is when a 
sentence starts with, "I heard".  The information you get from your 
hairdressers, brother's next door neighbor is simply not a reputable 
source.  I call it gossip.  It's not okay for the list.

If you personally have experience with the school through attending 
there, observing a team from there, talking with their representatives 
or reading their website, those are credible sources of information.  
It's fine to make comments based on direct personal experience.The 
comments cane be positive or negative, they just need to be based on 
something concrete, not rumor.

Examples:
not okay
I heard from someone whose brother's plumber went to the C.R.A.P. guide 
dog program that it was just amazing!

also not okay
My best friend's cousins dog walker says that XYZ guide dog program is 
really bad.

just dandy
I spoke with ABC guide dog school's admissions rep on the  phone and she 
was really nice and very helpful.

also spiffy
I went to C.R.A.P. guide dog school and it was aweful.

I hope that makes some sense and clears things up a bit.  As always I'm 
available to clear things up if anyone would like me to explain 
further.  julielj at neb.rr.com

Thanks muchly!
Julie
NAGDU list moderator