Late last week I realized that I am slightly behind in covering the material in one of my classes. The first exam was scheduled next week, so I postponed it. I sent a message to my students that reads… The test that was scheduled for Monday 19 September is postponed one week. The test will be held on Monday September 26.
So what did a student just email me, with my original note quoted in full? “So, when is the test?”
Wow, Morose, you built in redundancy, and they still didn't get it.
ReplyDeleteLeft hand graphic. The humanity. And below you fess up for having your previous posts buried by other posts. I always wondered who sent those notes to "Real Goddamned Mail."
ReplyDeleteBut, yes, those students are a pain.
Geez. Makes you wish there was an "automatic fail for astounding stupidity/laziness" option for students like these.
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ReplyDeleteDid you even bother to reply to this one?
ReplyDeleteI sent a reply that read "I specified the date in my original note."
ReplyDeleteMaybe the whole email didn't fit on the student's smartphone screen, and the student was too lazy to scroll? But that's hardly an excuse, given the brevity of your original message; if I'm counting correctly, it would fit in a text or tweet. As someone whose students regularly complain that my emails are too long, I'm comforted to know that brevity doesn't, in fact, necessarily improve reading comprehension.
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