I found a funny cartoon about grad students sending emails

[i_like_snow]

ok i thought you might like this comic I found that makes fun of us when we send an email to a Prof. i was going to copy + paste it on here but the text was too small so u have to visit the site k?
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1047

Comments

[purenoumena]

I sent this to one of my professors a few weeks ago after we had a minor miscommunication via email and she expressed to me how much e-communication frustrated her sometimes. I sent her this email and thanked her for being a muuuuuch easier proff to talk to than this guy.

[i_like_snow]

ur lucky cause my profs are mean and im scared to email them sometimes

[sensaes]

if u write ur emails like this id b scared 2 get 1

[tisiphone]

omg u dun understan its a conshus choice to not be formal on the internets. who needs speling or grammer?

[sensaes]

*Nods.* Thank goodness that e-mail has nothing whatsoever to do with teh internets, then. Otherwise...you know...I'd be slightly concerned for i_like_snow's chances. At anything.

[theredrighthand]

I get students who basically write papers like this. It's...fun.

[purenoumena]

I once had a student who sent me an email late the night before a paper was due. His e-mail?

"the paper is supposed 2 b 7 pages i only have 4 what do u suggest 4 me 2 do"

I was so very tempted to suggest that he use full words in his essay since those add some length. Also, hey, even punctuation will add some filler.

I fought down that instinct and made some suggestions about making sure he was addressing the prompt and providing concrete evidence for his claims, but I was so, SO tempted to mock him.

[i_like_snow]

no i dont write this way to them cause they would prob get upset lol

[mysticblossom]

Serious question: Why don't you write that way here, then? We aren't your professors, but this is a community for people interested in serious academic work, so most of us would rather see posts written in proper English, which, provided it's your first language, isn't hard.