tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post5963596013958082376..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Help FullFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-55825323047997855962008-12-12T00:48:00.000-06:002008-12-12T00:48:00.000-06:00Yes, I guess "circle of fiends" is more Victorian ...Yes, I guess "circle of fiends" is more Victorian than Edwardian, isn't it?<BR/>Totally meant to do that...<BR/>Not over reliant on the Firefox spellcheck at all...usagibrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922403352955062098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-68393829532653655522008-12-11T15:30:00.000-06:002008-12-11T15:30:00.000-06:00Possibly the loveliest slip I've seen in a while:"...Possibly the loveliest slip I've seen in a while:<BR/>"...the student's circle of fiends..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-66652457587197584092008-12-11T13:48:00.000-06:002008-12-11T13:48:00.000-06:00Ah, cross-generational disconnect. It never goes o...Ah, cross-generational disconnect. It never goes out of style, it just changes form. This is not to say I disagree with you in any way, shape, or form. I think learning how to write a "formal" note (even if the delivery medium is email) is a necessary skill for any student. <BR/><BR/>By the same token, the request for time is a common one (oh, the number of times I've received calls and emails this year about when a class is scheduled and replied with a copy of the quarterly schedule--boundaries, so important), and I ascribe it to a false assumption that I naturally have the full schedule committed to memory like the train schedule savant in an Edwardian period mystery novel. And in fairness, schedules change from the published times so it may just be an inarticulately posed query if it has. The assumption that of course you will meet with the student is just another manifestation of entitlement in the contemporary student (the expected negative reply would be for you to say so--it's just the way setting up appointments has shifted with ubiquitous instantaneous communication. I find it disconcerting too, but anyone under 25 thinks this is how meetings are supposed to work--they've had no experience otherwise to this point with their peers). The request for contact information such as the cell phone is purely a mutual convenience to connect at the appointed time. Stalking would be asking you to join the student's circle of fiends in the phone's GPS tracking software so you could be location tracked in real time.usagibrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922403352955062098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-42806467160581722052008-12-11T10:07:00.000-06:002008-12-11T10:07:00.000-06:00Hey, this post might be really helpfull. I already...Hey, this post might be really helpfull. I already do that stuff if I want to talk to someone at a conference. <BR/><BR/>But what if, hypothetically, I'm visiting a family member who happens to be at a big city with several universities, and I want to visit a professor at their office to talk about opportunities for science jobs in the area, their/my research, (but really about applying for a postdoc two years from now or subtly getting to the point as to whether there will be any tt openings at their university two to three years from now after I finish a PhD and first postdoc)?<BR/><BR/>Do you think most professors would not hate you if you took up half an hour of their time and how should that email be structured?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-87936106686547034312008-12-11T08:55:00.000-06:002008-12-11T08:55:00.000-06:00DEAR FSP,I M ATTNDNG UR CNFRNCE & WILL B N UR ...DEAR FSP,<BR/><BR/>I M ATTNDNG UR CNFRNCE & WILL B N UR SESSION. WEZ CAN MET AFTR. LOL. OKTHNXBYE.<BR/><BR/>SRIOUS SCIENCE STDNTTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-56931985835643476952008-12-11T08:25:00.000-06:002008-12-11T08:25:00.000-06:00Subject lines. Why can't people use subject lines?...Subject lines. Why can't people use subject lines? e.g. my most recent email from a student is entitled "Regarding permission". The student wants to be added to my class, which is at capacity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com