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Subject: hi
hey hey
sorry mr s to bug you again but hey.
ok check it out. for my topic...how about “using juvenile offendrs to clean the streets
one guy he kind of hung out with the wrong crowd...end up breaking in someones house and stab one...he got 5 yrs.
the other guy is um...actually known him all my life...he lost his mother and he hung with the wrong crown and he
got himself in the system. And with that ill find 5 additional sources to go with it.
what do you think? yeah. If you can get back at me asap.
Vinnie
If you were the teacher, what impression would you have of Vinnie? How would you reply to this email? Do you
see anything about this email that the teacher might find objectionable?
Personal Email for Students
You may already be very familiar with the process of email and may use it regularly to keep in touch with your
friends. However, there are some points you should keep in mind when you send an email, regardless of how
friendly and familiar you are with the recipient. Because email is easy to distribute to others, you should think
carefully about what you put in an email before you send it.
Here are a few tips to keep in mind when you go online
- Know your audience!
- Consider the impact of your message on your reader. You may find something very funny, but it may not have
that same impact on your reader. - Be discreet. Emails can easily become public. Your email can be forwarded, copied, shared, or sent to someone
you did not intend to see it when you wrote it. Before you hit “send,” think about who could possibly see this email.
Are you complaining about a teacher, a classmate, or your boss? What would the subject of your email think if he
or she were to see the email that you are about to send? Would you say this to his or her face? - Don’t forward an email without obtaining permission from the person who wrote it.
Below is an example of a situation in which an email was forwarded without the author’s knowledge.
Sam had a former girlfriend who was essentially stalking him. She would wait for him in the garage when he came
out of class, she would wait for him in the hall after class, she would show up at his work place, she would wait for
him at the door of his apartment building at night. When he told her that he did not want to see her and that they
were no longer a couple, she would threaten to call the police and say he was stalking her. She did actually call the
police several times. She was making his life miserable.
He emailed a teacher for advice on how to get her to leave him alone. The teacher offered to forward Sam’s email
to an attorney for his advice. Sam agreed. When the attorney responded, the teacher forwarded it to Sam, without
informing the attorney that she was going to forward his email. The attorney was very upset that his email had been
forwarded, because he had referred to the young woman in question as a “whacko” and “dangerous.” He did not
consider his comments to be professional and did not want them made public.