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Originally posted by AGDee
I have to admit that, although I use email a whole lot, many of us 'older' folks are a bit resentful of others expecting to be able to reach us at any moment. We simply are not used to that demand being there. While I'm a big fan of voice mail and email (email saves me tons of time and money), I HATE cell phones. There aren't many people who have my cell phone number and it's definitely only used like a pay phone would have been in the past. I have no interest in being accessible to the whole world 24/7. There are hours set aside for work, hours set aside for friends, hours set aside for rest and relaxation and hours set aside for sorority volunteer work. We didn't have email or cell phones when I was in college and we managed to reach professors by leaving them messages with secretaries or calling during their office hours. It is sometimes hard for us old folks to change! And, it is hard for some of the younger folks to accept that not everything in the world is instantly at your fingertips. Generational differences.
Dee
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It's interesting though, of the few professors who didn't use email, a couple said that they could be called, anytime, day or night. One said that if he was going to expect us to be working at all times on his assignments, then we should expect that he always be available to help us.