Hi Jay, et al. First, while none have contacted me, I would just like to say that I hope my joking around yesterday did not offend anyone. If so, I apologize. I have rarely confronted a student, even when rude comments were made. Instead, I always try to offer constructive comments. My email yesterday was only intended as a light-hearted "what I would like to say" follow-up.
With regard to Jay's post about email addresses, I thought I would share a recent experience. I have just now started teaching in a program that offers graduate degrees (MS/MA). The first week of class in my first graduate seminar, I asked my students to provide some information, including email addresses. When I looked at them, few were using the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address. Most had "cute" email addresses at Yahoo, AOL, etc. The next class I told my students I would not use off campus addresses due to virus concerns. I also commented that they should probably think about not using such address when sending emails. I said something like "If you use your campus email address, most recipients are going to assume you are a professor or some sort of professional. When applying for jobs or PhD programs or submitting works, it just looks better..." My students were genuinely surprised. They said they had never thought of that, and decided it made perfect sense to use the university's webmail for professional communications. Peace Robert Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt, Ph.D. Sociology and Anthropology Western Illinois University 1 University Circle Macomb, IL 61455-1390 phone: (309) 298-1081 fax: (309) 298-1857 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the problem, helping to keep things the way they are." -Coretta Scott King --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
