I think there are two issues here: 1. How to deal with student who write in such appalling fashion - you were kinder than I would have been :)
2. Why do we find this kind of student in our classes? What was the admissions office doing? What were our colleagues doing? What were such students doing in high school? And why did high schools let them graduate? Sigh..... Martha Martha E. Gimenez Department of Sociology Campus Box 327 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309 Voice: 303-492-7080 Fax: 303-492-8878 ******************* On Fri, 19 May 2006, Michael Klausner wrote: > I received this e-mail from a student who was in my class last term. I > replied that the horrendous punctuation, grammar, spelling was not > appropriate when communicating with anyone except friends, perhaps. > > > > Even then, it would not be appropriate. Should I have been "harder", > "easier" on him? > > > > Comments welcome > > > > > > > > > > you were right when u said u wanted to see me again ahaha.. i was > wonderign when ur classes were for fall semester so i can see if i can > retake ur class.. get back to me when you can > > sincerly, > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
