hey,
I just finished my MA. Can teach at a univ there?
Not to be outdone for curtness, I wrote back.
Sure.
That provoked this spasm of eloquence
ok,
so what do I do to teach there? Show up?
...which prompted me to direct him to my university pages. Moral of the story: folks, please write with specific questions, you know, ones that haven't already been answered on my website.
Your first reply was nothing less that brilliant! I might have just answered the second email with "yeah."
ReplyDelete"This coming from a Canadian, no less." Methinketh any American who has had contact with Canadians abroad will be expecting harshness rather than the reverse. Fire away.
ReplyDeleteWell. Probably he misunderstood the famous quote from Woody Allen, that 80 % of the success is showing up :)
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