[nabs-l] Question about emailing professors and office hours

Vejas Vasiliauskas alpineimagination at gmail.com
Sun Feb 12 00:43:15 UTC 2017


Hi Sami,
I wouldn't be so concerned about the second email, because you sent it Friday night. Most of the staff at my school are not  checking emails on weekends. I've even had one who will only normally check on the days class is being held.
Based on the fact that he's not very responsive to emails, I would just show up. The syllabus should state the dates and  times.
Vejas

> On Feb 11, 2017, at 16:37, Sami Osborne via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I hope you're enjoying your weekends.
> 
> I feel that most of my professors are very accommodating to all my needs.  However, one class that I'm taking, American Music, is  an online class, and it seems to me that my professor is very unresponsive to the questions that I ask him.  I've run into a few technical problems with the website that we have to use, and I emailed my professor twice to tell him about them - the first time about a week and a half ago and the second time last night.  Both times, he has not responded to my emails.  I'm starting to get really concerned, because there are already assignments that are overdue, and in my second email, I explicitly stated that I apologized in advance if I missed any deadlines, but I couldn't complete them unless he was going to help me solve these technical issues with the website.
> 
> I'm therefore seriously considering seeing him personally during his office hours to discuss these problems.  I'd like to ask you guys whether you think that I should send him an email to let him know that I want to stop by his office, or just show up? I'm especially wondering because, as I previously indicated, this guy seems to be very unresponsive to emails.
> 
> In college, they're always emphasizing the fact that all professors are there to help students, and that we should ask them for anything at any time.  (I've even had some professors that have responded to my email questions/handing in assignments on the weekends).  However, I'm really starting to question whether that's true for some people, for the reasons I've outlined above.
> 
> I really hope you guys can get back to me soon and answer my question, because, if I don't resolve these issues with my screenreader and the website  turn in any assignments on time by the end of the semester, I could be in serious danger of failing the course, which I obviously don't want.
> 
> Thanks very much and enjoy the rest of your weekend,
> 
> Sami
> 
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