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Sending E-mails to Professors
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?One student skipped class and then sent the professor an E-mail{{U}}
?(51) ?{{/U}}for copies of her teaching notes. Another{{U}} ?(52)
?{{/U}}that she was late for a Monday class because she was recovering from
drinking too much at a wild weekend party. At colleges and universities in the
US, E-mail has made professors more approachable (平易近人). But many say it has
made them too accessible,{{U}} ?(53) ?{{/U}} boundaries that traditionally
kept students at a healthy distance.
? ?These days, professors
say, students seem to view them as available{{U}} ?(54) ?{{/U}}the clock,
sending a steady stream of informal E-mails.
? ?"The tone that
they take in E-mails is pretty astounding (令人吃惊的)," said Michael Kessler, an
assistant dean at Georgetown University. "They’ll{{U}} ?(55) ?{{/U}}you to
help: ’I need to know this.’"
? ?"There’s a fine{{U}} ?(56)
?{{/U}}between meeting their needs and at the same time maintaining a level
of legitimacy (正统性) as an{{U}} ?(57) ?{{/U}}who is in charge."
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?Christopher Dede, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education,
said{{U}} ?(58) ?{{/U}} show that students no longer defer to (听从) their
professors, perhaps because they realize that professors’ {{U}}?(59)
?{{/U}}could rapidly become outdated.
? ?"The deference was
driven by the{{U}} ?(60) ?{{/U}}that professors were all-knowing sources
of deep knowledge," Dede said, and that notion has{{U}} ?(61) ?{{/U}}.
? ?For junior faculty members, E-mails bring new tension into
their work, some say, as they struggle with how to{{U}} ?(62) ?{{/U}}.
Their job prospects, they realize, may rest in part on student evaluations of
their accessibility.
? ?College students say E-mail makes{{U}}
?(63) ?{{/U}}easier to ask questions and helps them learn.
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?But they seem unaware that what they write in E-mails could have negative
effects{{U}} ?(64) ? {{/U}}them, said Alexandra Lahav, an associate
professor of Law at the University of Connecticut. She recalled an E-mail
message from a student saying that he planned to miss class so he could play
with his son. Professor Lahav did not respond.
? ?"Such E-mails
can have consequences," she said. "Students don’t understand that{{U}} ?(65)
?{{/U}} they say in E-mail can make them seem unprofessional ?and could
result in a bad recommendation." |
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