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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.
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?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. "
? ?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?{{/U}} could rapidly become outdated.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 notion {{U}}?(60) ?{{/U}} that professors were all-knowing
sources of deep knowledge. " Dede said, and that notion has weakened
{{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.
? ?But they seem unaware that what they write in e-mails
could have negative effects on {{U}}?(64) ?{{/U}} them, said Alexandra
Lahav, and 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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