Just to be clear, Showing up in discussion this week will have no impact on their grade at all. Period. No bonus, no penalty, nothing. So I was extra shocked when I got this amazing piece of self-entitled bullshit.
Hello Isis,
Could you possibly hold a early or later discussion time for tuesday?
I have two classes one is 9:30am-11:00am and the other is 12:30pm-1:30pm. I cant afford to miss these two classes nor your discussion hour. So if possible I wouldn't mind coming earlier or later than the two given times above. Please email me back with your best suggestion.
Thank You
Sunshine Fliesoutofmyass
What I want to send:
Sunshine,
You wouldn't mind coming to another section? One created specially for you? Oh, well then, as long as you don't mind then everything is just fine! Would you like me to feed you dates and fan you with palm fronds as well?
What I will send:
Nothing.
But you bet I'm headed over to check the photo rosters to see the face of the center of the universe. That's not an opportunity to pass up!
Dear Ms. Fliesoutofmyass,
ReplyDeleteApparently it's too much for me to expect the person from whom all happiness in the world emanates to do something so trivial as read an email carefully, but it clearly states that these discussions are not required by Monday discussion students.
If you continue with this lack of observational skills any further this term, I shall be required to change your surname from Fliesoutofmyass to Istheonlythingleftofmyass due to the nuclear warhead I shall deposit and detonate in said ass.
"What I will send:
ReplyDeleteNothing."
The next day on RMP: "Isis ignores emails."
A keener with a narcissistic streak. Is that redundant? In any case, it's a bad combination.
ReplyDeleteSince there is no reason to read RMP, who cares what it says there?
ReplyDeleteWho said anything about caring? It's the irony of it that amuses me.
ReplyDeleteIsis, if you're on good terms with your admin (and are at a small school) you might be able to get away with the message you'd like to send. Copy it to anyone Little Mary Sunshine would be likely to complain to, so they can have a good laugh in advance.
ReplyDelete@ introvert.prof, I respectfully disagree. Call me a wuss, but much as I internally curse the irresponsible little twits who effectively double my already ample workload with their self-absorbed, tactless and fraudulent missives I NEVER react with sarcasm and always maintain professionalism while firmly stating my position. If I told off students whenever they deserved it 90% of my emails would paint me as a strident asshole (which is true but I'm old-school and prefer to earn that designation face-to-face). While I think ignoring the email is within a range of reasonable responses, my personal preference in such circumstances is to answer the email yet point out to the student why she is being inappropriate. This serves the purpose of hopefully sparing me/my colleagues future annoyances as well as educating the clueless one in basic etiquette. But then I may be a bit more sympathetic because many of my students are first-gen college kids. Peace...
ReplyDelete@B.S. I wouldn't actually do that... though I'd be sorely tempted. Usually I use sourcasm in person, such as this morning when I asked a gaggle of yakking yahoos whether they would like to explain the concept, during my explanation of which they were chatting away.
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