tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post9050867383626409005..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Sometimes Little Things Are Worse Than Big Things. From ELS. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76699051714583342902016-04-25T10:50:32.790-04:002016-04-25T10:50:32.790-04:00I don't generally offer review via email, for ...I don't generally offer review via email, for the simple reason that the ratio of student effort to my effort is too low. After they've come to (or skyped into) a conference, I do offer to answer specific follow-up questions, either on short passages pasted into the body of a message or posed in marginal comments in a Word file. This seems to work, at least in terms of reducing the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21542812312408466532016-04-25T09:34:51.176-04:002016-04-25T09:34:51.176-04:00I will not lie: sometimes emails don't make it...I will not lie: sometimes emails don't make it, or take a few days to arrive. This is rare, but if your institution is under a Denial Of Service attack, it will be quite unrare. For important emails and files like this I reply with a confirmation.<br /><br />If they received said reply and still engage in this behavior, then I tease them.Professor Dumashttps://www.reddit.com/user/ProfessorDumasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26934628151792648772016-04-24T10:55:41.097-04:002016-04-24T10:55:41.097-04:00I sure wish all faculty could do this, without fea...I sure wish all faculty could do this, without fear of reprisals. Many students would get a much better education that way.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35167394572335414442016-04-24T10:52:13.981-04:002016-04-24T10:52:13.981-04:00Now that I am a bulletproof full Professor, when I...Now that I am a bulletproof full Professor, when I answer those e-mails on Monday, I do students who do this a favor by pointing out that bosses, clients, and customers in the real world won't like this. One reason is that they normally only check e-mail during normal working hours. (That's 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.) Another is that, because of this, repeatedly sending Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25184877233658637752016-04-24T08:46:22.321-04:002016-04-24T08:46:22.321-04:00I can just see your RMP entry now, ELS.
The "...I can just see your RMP entry now, ELS.<br />The "un" prefix features heavily, as in "unhelpful, unavailable, and multiple e-mails unanswered.<br />They'll probably also mention that they know you weren't in class when they reached out for your help.<br /><br />EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.com