Sending E-mails toProfessors

One student skippedclass and then sent the professor an e-mail________(51)for copies ofherteaching notes.

Another_________(52)thatshe was late for a Monday class because she was recovering fromdrinking toomuch at a wild weekend party.

At colleges anduniversities in the U. S.,e-mailhas made professors more approachable（平易近人）.But many say it has made them too accessible,__________(53)

boundaries thattraditionally kept students at a healthy distance.These days,professorssay,students seem to view them as available_________(54)the clock, sending asteady

stream of informale-mails.

"The tone thatthey take in e-mails is pretty astounding（令人吃惊的）,"said Michael Kessler, an assistant dean at GeorgetownUniversity."They'll________(55)you to

help:'I need to knowthis."'"There's a fine________(56)between meeting their needs and atthe same time maintaining a level of legitimacy（正统性）as an_________(57)

who is incharge."

Christopher Dede,aprofessor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education,said_________ ( 58 ) showthat students no longer defer to（听从）their professors,perhaps

because they realizethat professors'________(59)could rapidly become outdated."The deferencewas driven by the_______(60)that professors were all-knowing sources of

deepknowledge,"Dede said,and that notion has_________(61).

For junior facultymembers,e-mails bring new tension into their work,some say, as they strugglewith how to________(62).Their job prospects,they realize,may rest in part on

student evaluationsof their accessibility.College students say e-mail makes________(63)easier toask questions and helps them learn.

But they seemunaware that what they write in e-mails could have negative effects________(64)them,said Alexandra Lahav,and associate professor of Law at the University

of Connecticut. She recalled an e-mail messagefrom a student saying that he planned to miss class so he could play with hisson.Professor Lahav did not respond.

"Such e-mailscan have consequences,"she said."Students don't understand that________(65)they say in e-mail can make them seem unprofessional,and couldresult in a bad

recommendation."_________(54)

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