Comments on: Me, me, me, me, ME!!! http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/ idol ramblings, holy irreverent. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:58:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Great Ganesha http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/comment-page-1/#comment-14 The Great Ganesha Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:48:31 +0000 http://greatganesha.com/?p=17#comment-14 j, yeah, you're probably right. i've heard stories about old indian profs asking their students to get their coffee, etc. etc. there could be specifics to that, so i won't judge, but certainly some lines shouldn't be crossed. what can you do though? as long as there is tenure, this crap will continue... -gg j,

yeah, you’re probably right. i’ve heard stories about old indian profs asking their students to get their coffee, etc. etc. there could be specifics to that, so i won’t judge, but certainly some lines shouldn’t be crossed.

what can you do though? as long as there is tenure, this crap will continue…

-gg

]]> By: J http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/comment-page-1/#comment-13 J Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:56:49 +0000 http://greatganesha.com/?p=17#comment-13 As an undergrad in India, I remember having this deference for my professors (would not have thought of emailing them with usernames like whatupdawg, sweetsixeetn!!). Many belonged to the "I don't give a damn about you students" club. When I started grad school here, I had a hard to me adjusting to the concept of "come to office hours"!! I was kind of amazed that a professor was willing to actually take time out and talk to the students. I had only a handful of Indian professors who would do that and most of them were the young idealistic ones. I think the old ones had given up long ago. As an undergrad in India, I remember having this deference for my professors (would not have thought of emailing them with usernames like whatupdawg, sweetsixeetn!!). Many belonged to the “I don’t give a damn about you students” club.
When I started grad school here, I had a hard to me adjusting to the concept of “come to office hours”!! I was kind of amazed that a professor was willing to actually take time out and talk to the students. I had only a handful of Indian professors who would do that and most of them were the young idealistic ones. I think the old ones had given up long ago.

]]> By: The Great Ganesha http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12 The Great Ganesha Thu, 11 May 2006 18:00:00 +0000 http://greatganesha.com/?p=17#comment-12 hey kusum, you’ll be surprised - i have some indian (both, from india itself as well as abcds) and i’ve had interesting experiences with both! but that’s for a different post… im hey kusum,
you’ll be surprised – i have some indian (both, from india itself as well as abcds) and i’ve had interesting experiences with both!
but that’s for a different post…
im

]]> By: Kusum Rohra http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Kusum Rohra Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:17:00 +0000 http://greatganesha.com/?p=17#comment-11 heh!! i can't belive u got email asking whts on da exam... i don't think students in India can send such mails .. heh!! i can’t belive u got email asking whts on da exam… i don’t think students in India can send such mails ..

]]> By: The Great Ganesha http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/comment-page-1/#comment-10 The Great Ganesha Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:11:00 +0000 http://greatganesha.com/?p=17#comment-10 i agree with you christinemm - but it looks like that’s the way this country is heading. my solution? not much you can do about the father-daughter situation in the grocery store (which is probably just another way of having the father avoid interaction with the child), but when i get emails like the kind i mentioned in the post, i either respond sternly or just ignore them. might as well teach them some manners for free… i have to say however, that email is not overall a bad thing. increased accessibility to students is good. and there are several students who, of course, follow all the rules and are very polite/professional. but that wouldn’t make as interesting a post, would it? i agree with you christinemm – but it looks like that’s the way this country is heading.
my solution? not much you can do about the father-daughter situation in the grocery store (which is probably just another way of having the father avoid interaction with the child), but when i get emails like the kind i mentioned in the post, i either respond sternly or just ignore them. might as well teach them some manners for free…
i have to say however, that email is not overall a bad thing. increased accessibility to students is good. and there are several students who, of course, follow all the rules and are very polite/professional. but that wouldn’t make as interesting a post, would it?

]]> By: christinemm http://greatganesha.com/2006/02/21/me-me-me-me-me/comment-page-1/#comment-9 christinemm Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:11:00 +0000 http://greatganesha.com/?p=17#comment-9 I am surprised that professors give out emails like this. I received my college degree eight years ago and no one 'did email' then. If we wanted to speak to our professors we had to go see them in person at very limited office hours times. It was intimidating to go into their office and the dumb types of questions that are being asked, as the articles state, would never have been asked before email. I also blame the cell phone mindset. With cell phones many people think they can be less responsible and even plan less. Example: not wanting to write down a grocery list, and spouse says, "when I get to the store I will call you and you tell me what to get". Once I was in line at a local ice cream shop which only has 8 flavors (they vary daily). The father was not speaking to the daughter. When they got close to ordering the father phoned his wife and had spoke for about 3 minutes about what flavor would their daughter like? He ignored his daughter who was tugging on his shirt (she was about 4.5 or 5 years old). He ordered up her ice cream only for her to explain she wanted another flavor. Why the heck did he not ask her? I hear people in stores all the time discussing what to buy, what flavor yogurt, what size this or that. This is becoming an 'on demand' society. Rather than think and plan ahead or make decisions on ones' own (i.e. what type of notebook to buy), people think they can just phone up or email or get people on their Blackberry to ask their question exactly when they want to hear the answer. I hate it! I am surprised that professors give out emails like this. I received my college degree eight years ago and no one ‘did email’ then. If we wanted to speak to our professors we had to go see them in person at very limited office hours times. It was intimidating to go into their office and the dumb types of questions that are being asked, as the articles state, would never have been asked before email.

I also blame the cell phone mindset. With cell phones many people think they can be less responsible and even plan less. Example: not wanting to write down a grocery list, and spouse says, “when I get to the store I will call you and you tell me what to get”. Once I was in line at a local ice cream shop which only has 8 flavors (they vary daily). The father was not speaking to the daughter. When they got close to ordering the father phoned his wife and had spoke for about 3 minutes about what flavor would their daughter like? He ignored his daughter who was tugging on his shirt (she was about 4.5 or 5 years old). He ordered up her ice cream only for her to explain she wanted another flavor. Why the heck did he not ask her?

I hear people in stores all the time discussing what to buy, what flavor yogurt, what size this or that.

This is becoming an ‘on demand’ society. Rather than think and plan ahead or make decisions on ones’ own (i.e. what type of notebook to buy), people think they can just phone up or email or get people on their Blackberry to ask their question exactly when they want to hear the answer.

I hate it!

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