As an avid user of sarcasm, I appreciate it-- to a point. However, even I have an upper limit on my tolerance of it-- especially on line. I hate being lectured to by people, especially people who either a) have a silly soapbox to stand on or b) have lived quite a few years less than I have. Advice is one thing. You can take it or leave it. Lecture-- that's another thing. As a teacher, I know what lecture does to my students-- their eyes glaze over, they fall sleep, they go check their Facebook pages. (Hmm, maybe I should, oh, wait, I'm not done). So if you're going to post advice somewhere, please, make it friendly, calmly worded advice. Lectures get you flamed or ignored or both. I don't have the time for that and I know a lot of other people who don't either. But hey, I don't want this to be a lecture on not lecturing, so if you wnat to annoy people, feel free. I won't be among them though.
On the plus side, it's the last day of finals week, which means I am nearly done grading student papers, and manly have to input grades and start prepping for spring (yes I'm going to start early this year-- but I say that every year, so I wouldn't be surprised if I don't get too far). So that frees me up to write, to get a tree (if there are any left) and to just chill and enjoy the season-- for a week or two. Then it's back to work.
Happy week before Christmas.
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