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« Reply #3660 on: April 11, 2008, 09:30:29 AM » |
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I got this one this morning. I'm still giggling. He's a football player; I would think he'd be used to the second injury.
"ms [my last name, misspelled]
i have had a bad accident in practice and have broken half of tooth and
a little of my bottom. could you excuse me from class cause the pain is
unbearable.i see the doctor tomorrow sometime "
*grin* That is kind of cute. I'm guessing that he forgot the word "lip" after "bottom". Sounds like his mouth guard flew out. One of my tennis players got a similar mouth injury the other night (loose tooth, not broken). But the injury was not from a game -- it was from his girlfriend's elbow! The kicker is, she was asleep and dreaming when it happened. What a way to wake up. |
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Fine, fine, but I think that absent-minded crap is bullsh!t and you're really thinking about vampires or that scifi stuff. |
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« Reply #3661 on: April 11, 2008, 11:52:52 AM » |
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I got this one this morning. I'm still giggling. He's a football player; I would think he'd be used to the second injury.
"ms [my last name, misspelled]
i have had a bad accident in practice and have broken half of tooth and
a little of my bottom. could you excuse me from class cause the pain is
unbearable.i see the doctor tomorrow sometime "
*grin* That is kind of cute. I'm guessing that he forgot the word "lip" after "bottom". Sounds like his mouth guard flew out. One of my tennis players got a similar mouth injury the other night (loose tooth, not broken). But the injury was not from a game -- it was from his girlfriend's elbow! The kicker is, she was asleep and dreaming when it happened. What a way to wake up. He wrote back. He actually, intentionally, went to football practice without his mouthguard. He broke a top tooth and a bottom tooth. It hurts me just to think about it. He's a nice kid, who now knows a thing or two about invincibility and judgement. |
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« Reply #3662 on: April 11, 2008, 01:56:58 PM » |
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At my institution, it's possible to send an automated message to any class by typing in an abbreviation in our campus e-mail system. One of my students apparently discovered this function, but it did not occurs to him that I would receive the message along with the students. So I just got this:
"Hey, dudes! did anybody see where i puked last nite? sorry i wasnt in class today--ha, ha, like i would really go. later."
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« Reply #3663 on: April 11, 2008, 04:11:35 PM » |
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I got this one this morning. I'm still giggling. He's a football player; I would think he'd be used to the second injury.
"ms [my last name, misspelled]
i have had a bad accident in practice and have broken half of tooth and
a little of my bottom. could you excuse me from class cause the pain is
unbearable.i see the doctor tomorrow sometime "
I knew all that butt-slapping would come back to bite someone on the a$$. |
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« Reply #3664 on: April 15, 2008, 12:08:07 PM » |
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"I just want you to know, I consented to do this poetry reading months ago, so there's no way I could have known that I would have to go out of town for it when I was supposed to be writing a paper for your class."
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« Reply #3665 on: April 15, 2008, 01:23:59 PM » |
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I've been getting bombarded with whiney demanding emails about when I'm going to have their papers graded. The ones they handed in a week ago. It started the morning after the papers were turned in and the ones who have habitually been late or pestering for extensions on their own assignment are the worst offenders. I'm now sufficiently annoyed that I want to tell them that each time someone nags me about the papers that I just received will delay the return of papers by one class. But I won't.
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« Reply #3666 on: April 15, 2008, 02:33:38 PM » |
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"I just want you to know, I consented to do this poetry reading months ago, so there's no way I could have known that I would have to go out of town for it when I was supposed to be writing a paper for your class."
Clearly, this student doesn't understand the concept of using an appointment calendar to plan! |
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« Reply #3667 on: April 15, 2008, 02:34:42 PM » |
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"I just want you to know, I consented to do this poetry reading months ago, so there's no way I could have known that I would have to go out of town for it when I was supposed to be writing a paper for your class."
Clearly, this student doesn't understand the concept of using an appointment calendar to plan! Student is drowning, not waving. She just came in here and cried a whole bunch, so I can attest to it firsthand. |
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« Reply #3668 on: April 15, 2008, 02:54:37 PM » |
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"I just want you to know, I consented to do this poetry reading months ago, so there's no way I could have known that I would have to go out of town for it when I was supposed to be writing a paper for your class."
Clearly, this student doesn't understand the concept of using an appointment calendar to plan! Student is drowning, not waving. She just came in here and cried a whole bunch, so I can attest to it firsthand. She couldn't work on the paper while out of town...? |
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« Reply #3669 on: April 15, 2008, 03:14:37 PM » |
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"I just want you to know, I consented to do this poetry reading months ago, so there's no way I could have known that I would have to go out of town for it when I was supposed to be writing a paper for your class."
Clearly, this student doesn't understand the concept of using an appointment calendar to plan! Student is drowning, not waving. She just came in here and cried a whole bunch, so I can attest to it firsthand. She couldn't work on the paper while out of town...? She won't have to, now, since I've recommended she withdraw from the class (because it's not just THIS paper that hasn't been written). |
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« Reply #3670 on: April 15, 2008, 04:09:36 PM » |
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"I just want you to know, I consented to do this poetry reading months ago, so there's no way I could have known that I would have to go out of town for it when I was supposed to be writing a paper for your class."
Clearly, this student doesn't understand the concept of using an appointment calendar to plan! Student is drowning, not waving. She just came in here and cried a whole bunch, so I can attest to it firsthand. She couldn't work on the paper while out of town...? She won't have to, now, since I've recommended she withdraw from the class (because it's not just THIS paper that hasn't been written). Excellent (Why am I not surprised this isn't her only unwritten paper?)! |
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« Reply #3671 on: April 15, 2008, 05:25:47 PM » |
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It's that time of the semester again... An email received at 8 pm last night: (No salutation)
"I have a question about housing. I want to drop a course with a "W" but I'm afraid that I'll lose my housing because I'll be below the credit requirement for a full-time student. I don't know what to do because the class will really hurt my GPA and I don't believe I can bring it up at this point in the semester."
(No signature) This is only one of the three or four emails and drop-ins that I had on this subject today. Yesterday was the last day to drop a course. I had set aside all afternoon on the past two days for students to come in for an "emergency" talk about withdrawing from courses. The prof who teaches our intro-level course even tried to help out by having his TA's send out a "fish or cut bait" email to each of their sections. About 5 students total stopped by (another 5-10 tried to interrupt the advising appointments of other students). My response to this particular student (sent this morning): To Whom It May Concern:
To my knowledge, Residential Life does not usually track students' credit load at this late date in the semester. However, whether or not they do is irrelevant. The deadline to drop a course was 5 pm on [yesterday's date], so you are unable to withdraw from the course.
Sincerely,
HC I had to resist the urge to plainly say "you f'ed up, now you have to suck it up." After more than a week of wishy-washy, entitled students, I love being able to drop the hammer! |
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« Reply #3672 on: April 15, 2008, 07:43:55 PM » |
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(No salutation)
"I have a question about housing. I want to drop a course with a "W" but I'm afraid that I'll lose my housing because I'll be below the credit requirement for a full-time student. I don't know what to do because the class will really hurt my GPA and I don't believe I can bring it up at this point in the semester."
(No signature) My response to this particular student (sent this morning): To Whom It May Concern:
To my knowledge, Residential Life does not usually track students' credit load at this late date in the semester. However, whether or not they do is irrelevant. The deadline to drop a course was 5 pm on [yesterday's date], so you are unable to withdraw from the course.
Sincerely,
HC I give you credit for being restrained. I would be tempted to say "What exactly is your question? There was no question explicitly stated in your email, nor was there a signature." Of course, then they might actually reply, in which case you've prolonged this "conversation." |
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How many of your grandmothers still are living, and how is their health?
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« Reply #3673 on: April 16, 2008, 09:40:50 AM » |
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Amid the many emails from students in the last few days asking inane questions about their exam today, I got this clever gem. I am not sure how to include the great image he attached.
Prof. myname,
I'd appreciate it if you could tell me the meaning of the word Haussmannization mentioned in your Impressionist lecture. My first inkling is that it has something to do with the raw manness that is "The Hoff", also known as David Hasselhoff. However, I feel that is an incorrect assumption as I cannot recall any significant contribution he made to Impressionism, or Art History in general. I'd appreciate any response to my question. Attached is a picture of the Hoff for your troubles.
Regards,
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« Reply #3674 on: April 16, 2008, 09:47:34 AM » |
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Thenewyorker:
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...only after reading gm's post, my new mantra is "always listen to gennimom".
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