Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Time Managing Problems

Wading through all the emails about the budget crisis (sorry people, can't blog much about that, other than to say that it is seriously taking up my time) I come upon this gem, reproduced here for your viewing pleasure:

Hello,
yesterday I got to know, that I should give some kind of presentation on Thursday on a paper that I use within my thesis. Unfortunately I was not attending the last lectures, because of some time managing problems. So I want get to know, what exactly I should do. I already got the password for the moodle course, but not the course name in order to inform myself. Can you help?

Thanking you in anticipation.

This is the Master's course on good scientific practice. Guess who's failing? I hope he complains to the dean about his grade ;)

Dean Suzy

6 comments:

  1. Contingent CassandraNovember 29, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    I certainly hope you're on quarters, but I realize that needn't be the case for such inquiries to arrive. I just got an email from a student asking about basic requirements for an assignment that was introduced (in detail, with accompanying, still-electronically-available, handout) in September, for which he wrote a proposal in November, and which was due in draft form two weeks ago. And he's a student I would have described as engaged and relatively on top of things. Maybe he's just checking to make sure he's dotted his "i"s and crossed his "t"s? I hope so.

    And yes, it would be interesting if your student complained to the dean, especially since he seems like the sort of student who might have no idea who the dean is. I guess the second question is whether he knows who his instructor is. If not, you could have a really interesting exchange.

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  2. AdjunctSlaveNovember 30, 2011 at 3:56 AM

    If you have two e-mail addresses you could have a three-way conversation with the student. It might be unsportswomanlike to "gang up" on the student like that, but it might be fun too.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    Will you LISTEN to the state of this fool's brain? God help and save the future of the United States of America, if any.

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  4. Emergency Mathematical HologramNovember 30, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    It's epidemic.

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  5. Suzy from Square StateNovember 30, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    AdjunctSlave, that's a great idea! I do have a generic dean email I forced the IT department to give me. One bright point of light on the day!

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  6. Irritated IsisDecember 1, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    No, man, it's free verse poetry! Just add in some line breaks like so...

    Hello

    yesterday I got to know, that
    I should give some kind of presentation
    on Thursday
    on a paper
    that I use within my thesis.
    Unfortunately I was not attending
    the last lectures, because of some
    time
    managing
    problems.
    So I want get to know,
    what exactly I should do.
    I already got the password for
    the moodle
    course, but not the course name
    in order to inform myself.

    Can you help?

    Thanking you in anticipation.

    ReplyDelete

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