03-22-2010, 02:16 PM
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Just got the most random email ever.
I don't want to expose the professor or college because that would just be downright rude, but it was so strange I had to share
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Hello Jason Dean,I hope this e-mail will still find you. If you do not remember I was your Web Dev 1 Professor. During your online class I had a family emergency but, I know that while I was gone you stepped up and taught every the material on the Syllabus. My absence last for 4 weeks an during that time you taught not online what was in the book but also gave out and used w3c compliant coding.
I have two classes now and I was wondering if you could help on my second class. Half of the class understands but I have my share of struggling students. My hopes were for you to help take charge of the students with the lowest grades and help them learn the basics and get them up to speed.Think on it! Regards,
Web Dev Professor
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Now I've emailed and left voicemail with 5 of my Comp Sci teachers who called me their Golden Child. Not one single time did I get a response from any of them. Now this shows up asking me for help? What would you do if teachers ignored your requests for Letter of Recommendations to get into a Uni only a yer later finding this in our inbox? I'm not inflating my ego, my VB.Net teacher said to me in front of my entire class that out of all his students except me were stupid and for me to avoid class as not to catch it. I just showed up every two weeks with lab work done and basically dropped it off. My Java teacher used me to debug other student's coding. My C++ teacher (who was the same as my VB.Net class) didn't even check my coding. My friend and I made sure it had a problem but I still got an A on everything.
Right now I'm confused, a little hurt by their silence, and my Web Dev Professor gave us no word that he was gone. After seeing a question on the class forum sit for a week I began to answer them all for the class. Wrote a big guide for them on compliant coding and went a little above and beyond even what my teacher was going to teach. So, think for me on this one cause it has my mind blown. I have no idea what to say or why he would track me down to ask this. I poured over the headers but they were clean, it was said Professor.
Help anyone? I made it into a poll to make it easier to answer for a yes and no.
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03-22-2010, 03:21 PM
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Ask him how much it pays?!
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03-22-2010, 03:57 PM
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Tell him kindly, that you are willing to help but not for free 
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03-22-2010, 05:28 PM
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If not for pay at least for a) a letter of reference and b) listing your prof as a reference on your resume as a teaching assistant for 'x' amount of hours.
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03-22-2010, 05:36 PM
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Nothing wrong in helping without getting paid. In addition, the long term benefits can be very good too.
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03-22-2010, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AshleyMiller
Nothing wrong in helping without getting paid. In addition, the long term benefits can be very good too.
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Not if you get snubbed like he has so far....
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03-22-2010, 08:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joelietz
If not for pay at least for a) a letter of reference and b) listing your prof as a reference on your resume as a teaching assistant for 'x' amount of hours.
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This 
Speaking from experience, going above and beyond is well worth it.
In many cases, your teachers and professors at university/college will be teaching the leaders of tomorrow - nothing wrong with making sure you stand out from the crowd, never know when that will be useful in your later life.
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03-22-2010, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by AshleyMiller
Nothing wrong in helping without getting paid. In addition, the long term benefits can be very good too.
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Yes this is true provided the email is not spam!
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03-23-2010, 05:51 AM
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03-24-2010, 05:08 AM
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Big fan of RajiniKanth!!!
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03-24-2010, 11:07 AM
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Given the past, I'd be reluctant to assist, unless you can strike a deal for what you wanted earlier, in exchange for helping him now.
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03-24-2010, 12:16 PM
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I would offer to help but at consultant fee pricing. Or maybe you could offer to tutor the slower students. Definitely get a contract signed for this though.
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03-24-2010, 11:14 PM
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I am a bit puzzled. Did this particular teacher snub you concerning the letter of recommendation?
If so, that is one thing. If not, please do not hold his co-workers' (fellow teachers') actions against him!
(I'm a teacher myself.)
-mike
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03-24-2010, 11:28 PM
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At first, you need their help but no one did even bother to help you.
I am sure the recommendation you asked is important for you but they didn't bother right?
Sometimes, they need to learn a lesson that they will not do this to anybody again.
If I were you, I will say, if only you replied to my request before, I can help you for free but since you didn't reply to my request, I will have to charge you.
Fair for both :-)
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03-24-2010, 11:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike - Limestone
I am a bit puzzled. Did this particular teacher snub you concerning the letter of recommendation?
If so, that is one thing. If not, please do not hold his co-workers' (fellow teachers') actions against him!
(I'm a teacher myself.)
-mike
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Exactly. Don't hold it against the others.
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