tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post8738777555801046631..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: "Okay, Flavia"Flaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-70062480478858707002007-12-27T21:33:00.000-05:002007-12-27T21:33:00.000-05:00I keep coming back to this post and wanting to com...I keep coming back to this post and wanting to comment on it, but have nothing particularly important to say. I think your deconstruction of the "Okay, Student" email is so accurate. As an overly-worried overly-wordy email writer, I have certainly received my share of "Okay, NotQuite" emails from professors, and interpreted them exactly as you describe. Essentially to mean, "You're competent and don't need to run <I>everything</I> by me. Stop bothering me with overly thought out emails, and go do your work."Not Quite Grown Up...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04951305138138052610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-62151850847176624802007-12-26T23:54:00.000-05:002007-12-26T23:54:00.000-05:00This post made me laugh. Good realization.This post made me laugh. Good realization.Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-50981598894624626752007-12-26T08:07:00.000-05:002007-12-26T08:07:00.000-05:00ok so i have lost your email and regular addresses...ok so i have lost your email and regular addresses so am resorting to a blog comment to get in touch with you! merry christmas love the Expat friend. - can you pls email me so i have your updated contact details? ta!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-42974063657297393502007-12-26T00:09:00.000-05:002007-12-26T00:09:00.000-05:00Ugh, my sympathies, Flavia. I suppose part of wha...Ugh, my sympathies, Flavia. I suppose part of what we teach students like "Bobby" is the limit on getting something for nothing, and one hopes, some modicum of future incentive to actually earn his desired grade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-57022306689425091142007-12-25T15:28:00.000-05:002007-12-25T15:28:00.000-05:00Someday, when I'm senior enough, they are going to...Someday, when I'm senior enough, they are going to send me to advisor seminar where I'll learn all the nifty tricks. Like 'Okay Spence.'<BR/><BR/>Until then, I like your interpretation: an email nod and an underlying message that you're fine, an adult, don't worry.Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-2251285732173861872007-12-24T23:36:00.000-05:002007-12-24T23:36:00.000-05:00But what happens when the student interprets "Okay...But what happens when the student interprets "Okay, Bobby" to mean that you have given in to his demands and agreed to raise his C to an A? Because sadly, those e-mails usually seem to come from the type of student who <I>will</I> misinterpret everything that <I>can</I> be misinterpreted, and some things that really can't...Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-23719101849540410892007-12-24T23:27:00.000-05:002007-12-24T23:27:00.000-05:00MS: yes, I tend to err on the side of loquaciousne...MS: yes, I tend to err on the side of loquaciousness with students (and, actually, with everyone) when it comes to email--and I often do go on and ON trying to reassure them and be kind and so forth. But sometimes I just don't have the energy!<BR/><BR/>And as for my Nemesis: I've had absolutely no contact with her/him since that post. . . and I'm not sure, actually, that s/he really <I>is</I> my nemesis any longer (except insofar as a sense of competition with her/him will probably always be a useful spur to productivity). <BR/><BR/>I wound up in a very interesting conversation this summer with a couple of senior (and quite famous) scholars who had been treated in a similarly offhand or obnoxious manner by Nemesis, which made me reflect that perhaps that's just N's way. Not that that's <I>okay</I>, but I'm less convinced that it's personal.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-10676564729182862262007-12-24T23:12:00.000-05:002007-12-24T23:12:00.000-05:00I agree: it usually doesn't matter. It's a busy p...I agree: it usually doesn't matter. It's a busy person saying "I heard ya." I've taken to crafting my own emails, as much as possible, to this sort of Advisor-ish person so that they can be responded to with a yes or no (with some polite "or if you'd rather I handle it another way, please do let me know" thrown in). <BR/><BR/>To my own students, though, I try not to be so terse that they feel bruised (as I used to feel), though admittedly there isn't much, technically, that's bruising about "Okay, Penelope" or "Okay, Hector." <BR/><BR/>BTW, Flavia, that's me reading through some of your archives this evening, just for fun (and fun it is!). Just reread your post about your Nemesis. Any updates?<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas.Meansomethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10063386254235591342noreply@blogger.com