Emails

Dated March 5 from one mujing da great:

assalamualaikum

sir,
4 ur information im one of ur students currently.

i am very weak in macroeconomics subject,
i got low marks 4 the mid term n ur quizzes,

i hope u can update ur notes at ur webpage so i can download the remaining 7chapters after the mid term..
plzz sir..

the final is just around the corner.
so i found it very difficult4 me if u dont update ur notez

so i hope u can respond it well 4 ur students success in ur teachings
i believe every lecturer dont want to get their student fail in his or her subject

so i hope u can update ur notes ASAP.

tq, wassalam

Of course, I have no idea who mujing da great is. Perhaps that is exactly the point – the author wanted to remain anonymous because he (or she) knew that he wrote me a terrible email. Or perhaps he was ashamed of the name his parents gave him. Or perhaps he was one of those-who-must-not-be-named. WHOAH! :P

mujing da great must have missed the first class. That was when I explained that I do not give class notes. It just so happens that I have presentation slides prepared for half of the course from last semester when I was assigned a seminar room, which I uploaded on to the course webpage. I strongly believe that students must prepare their own notes.

Assalamualaikum brother.. my name [name] [student ID number] from section 2 Econ1610..

Can u mk a make test 2 for us to cover our mark in mid term exam since me and my friend including from section 1 not do it well.

my suggestion is u divide the percentage into 2 which is for 1st mid test 12.4 and the another 12.5 so total 25%.

the test 2 including CH 30,31,32 and 33... to mk ur life easy just mk MCQ.. about 35Q... then after we finish the test u give the paper not to the owner and mark the paper (since it only MCQ).. so in 1 class everything is done..

As the result we can increase our carry mark and have hope to get A or at least A-..

I'm sure u'll happy if many of ur student get A in this subject...

I know it depend on our efford and i'll try..

I hope u accept my suggestion...

1 more thing whatever is ur decision i'll accept ( but i'll happy if u accept my suggestion) and thx so much for teaching me and i want to appologies 4 any shortcoming ...

'Doakan kejayaan kami semua'

Although it is one of those uniquely-UIA things, it still sounds weird when a student calls me “brother”. This email from two days ago is just wrong in so many ways. Well, maybe a little funny too. What do you think?