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Oh, and: I am thinking about moving my "How to email a professor" lesson to the beginning of semester. A few too many emails this week from WHO IS THIS? AND WHAT CLASS ARE THEY IN? AND WHAT ARE THEY ASKING ME FOR?Permalink On twitter.com
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Real example: "SUBJECT: Professor, I'm in a hurry. This is [redacted], a student who loves your class. If you give me time by Thursday, I'll spend it then.would it be okay?" I have several students with the same name. What this person is asking for: exam extension? A meeting?On twitter.com
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I should add that I mostly don't blame students for this. It's evident (and many have said) that they have never been taught this—in English or in Korean—so of course they don't know how to do it. I have a handout that outlines this. I just usually teach it at semester's end.Permalink On twitter.com
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—because some semesters, most student email comes in during the grade correction period, and it helps if it's fresh in their minds that they need to politely identify themselves and clearly explain what they're writing about. (Tried to attach my handout but Twitter hates PDFs!)Permalink On twitter.com