Questions

At the beginning of the semester, there are always some questions from students who did not write down things correctly. Important things. Like the correct URL for the online study guide questions. I was prepared for that. And so we start today's post...

To: professor trek
From: Student #1 With URL Issues
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I need to know how I get to the online study guide. I also need to know if
:: URL here :: is the right URL. I'm having trouble finding it. Thank you.

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How nice! A student with good manners. Sure, he didn't write down the URL correctly, but he was only off by one character. Not too shabby, SWUI #1!

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To: SWUI #1
From: prof trek
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:: correct URL here ::

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To: professor trek
From: Student #2 With URL Issues
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Hi prof trek,

Can you give me the Internet site for the online questions. Mine's not
working, of course.

Thank you.

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Again with the good manners, yay! Another incorrectly copied URL.

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To: SWUI #2
From: prof trek
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:: correct URL here ::

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Since yesterday's wintry mix resulted in a delayed opening at the college, I guess I should have been prepared for student emails but, really, I didn't give it all that much thought until the emails actually started to arrive in my inbox...

To: professor trek
From: Student With Timing Issues
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Hi prof trek,

I am in your class this morning (note: sent less than half an hour before class would normally start - trek) and know about the delayed opening. Does that me we still have class, or only classes scheduled after 11:30 have class? I'm sorry for the confusion!

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Uh, huh. We're going to have the early classes while the ice and slush is still falling from the sky and the snow plows haven't yet been activated and then, after the roads are clear, we'll cancel classes.

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To: SWTI
From: prof trek
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According to the college home page, classes starting before 11:30 are
cancelled.

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To: professor trek
From: Student With Good Question
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prof trek

I am from your Wednesday 8:00am class. Since class was canceled, I was wondering if there is any work we need to do for next week's class.

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Hey, this is a very good question! My first inclination was to say, "no, we'll just adjust the schedule next week - somehow." Then I thought a little bit and decided to send a high-priority broadcast email to all of the students in my Wednesday classes. The first tutorial is really basic and they should be able to do it without a lot of assistance.

I made sure to put a note at the end advising them to email me with any questions.

Anyone care to start an office pool? We could each chip in a hank of sock yarn and start a grid with block categories named Shortest Time Between Sending Email and First Student's Panicked Query, Day of the Week with Most Student Queries, Total Number of Students Actually Doing the Homework Assigned, Number of Students Claiming They Never Got the Memo...