Comments on: A Correspondent with a Future in Management http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:16:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Baptiste Coulmont » Archives » Elle a de l’avenir http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-179618 Baptiste Coulmont » Archives » Elle a de l’avenir Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:36:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-179618 [...] Elle a de l’avenir Billet publié le 19/11/2006En hommage à un billet récent sur Crooked Timber, voici un mail reçu aujourd’hui de la part d’une certaine Miss Ronaldo : Bonjour, Je me permets de vous écrire afin de vous demander de bien vouloir m’apporter le plus de rensignements possible sur ” Le secret de l’isoloir ” de Alain Garrigou, s’il vous plait. Si possible avant mardi je vous en remercie d’avance. Cordialement. [...] [...] Elle a de l’avenir Billet publié le 19/11/2006En hommage à un billet récent sur Crooked Timber, voici un mail reçu aujourd’hui de la part d’une certaine Miss Ronaldo : Bonjour, Je me permets de vous écrire afin de vous demander de bien vouloir m’apporter le plus de rensignements possible sur ” Le secret de l’isoloir ” de Alain Garrigou, s’il vous plait. Si possible avant mardi je vous en remercie d’avance. Cordialement. [...]

]]> By: Caspian http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-179179 Caspian Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:46:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-179179 I share my name with a lecturer in English at Leeds Uni... our hotmail addresses are very easily confused so I often get students pleading for last minute essay extensions and so forth. If I'm in a good mood I'll politely point them in the right direction, but sometimes it's nice to let the poor dears dangle for a while... I share my name with a lecturer in English at Leeds Uni… our hotmail addresses are very easily confused so I often get students pleading for last minute essay extensions and so forth.

If I’m in a good mood I’ll politely point them in the right direction, but sometimes it’s nice to let the poor dears dangle for a while…

]]> By: bryan http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178958 bryan Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:01:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178958 >>Maybe I could write his final paper for him as >>well >If he shows up in comments here perhaps you >should. Here I am! Ha Ha, My Evil plan worked perfectly.... (I kid, I kid...) >>Maybe I could write his final paper for him as >>well

>If he shows up in comments here perhaps you >should.

Here I am!

Ha Ha, My Evil plan worked perfectly….

(I kid, I kid…)

]]> By: etat http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178889 etat Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:04:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178889 When I was an undergrad looking for a Master's program, and writing to profesors whose books I'd read, asking them to comment on my topics of interest, I got some very dismissive replies - along with several non-replies. So this kid looks a bit like poetic justice: he's obnoxious enough to provoke a reaction. But that doesn't mean I'd do his work for him. For that bit of cheek, I might just send him something thoroughly obscure/impenetrable and pass it off as entry-level reading, setting him a task that might yield interesting results for his current tutors. When I was an undergrad looking for a Master’s program, and writing to profesors whose books I’d read, asking them to comment on my topics of interest, I got some very dismissive replies – along with several non-replies. So this kid looks a bit like poetic justice: he’s obnoxious enough to provoke a reaction.

But that doesn’t mean I’d do his work for him. For that bit of cheek, I might just send him something thoroughly obscure/impenetrable and pass it off as entry-level reading, setting him a task that might yield interesting results for his current tutors.

]]> By: reuben http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178818 reuben Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:38:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178818 This thread seems interesting, but I don't have time to read the whole thing. Could someone sum it up for me? This thread seems interesting, but I don’t have time to read the whole thing. Could someone sum it up for me?

]]> By: Martin James http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178759 Martin James Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:20:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178759 The really sad thing is that if the request came from a real power type like Hillary Clinton or George Bush wouldn't most people respond? Status is status. The really sad thing is that if the request came from a real power type like Hillary Clinton or George Bush wouldn’t most people respond?

Status is status.

]]> By: Martin James http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178745 Martin James Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:55:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178745 Well, I am interested in what others think about Mann's work. His book on genocide/ethnic cleansing is very interesting in its categorization. Well, I am interested in what others think about Mann’s work.

His book on genocide/ethnic cleansing is very interesting in its categorization.

]]> By: Peter http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178727 Peter Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:44:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178727 If you do reply, just make up stuff. It isn't like the clown is going to bother cracking the book himself to "fact check" your review of Winnie the Pooh. If you do reply, just make up stuff. It isn’t like the clown is going to bother cracking the book himself to “fact check” your review of Winnie the Pooh.

]]> By: Dan Drezner http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178721 Dan Drezner Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:10:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178721 Like John Q., I get a regular stream of e-mails like this -- but they're usually asking me to help them out with stuff I wrote. This is definitely a new and altogether more brazen level of cadging. Like John Q., I get a regular stream of e-mails like this—but they’re usually asking me to help them out with stuff I wrote. This is definitely a new and altogether more brazen level of cadging.

]]> By: sean http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178714 sean Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:49:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178714 My advisor actually gets so many prospective grad student emails, often from overseas, that he has a key bound in his mailer to automatically insert a template reply. Vivian -- your idea is definitely the best so far. My advisor actually gets so many prospective grad student emails, often from overseas, that he has a key bound in his mailer to automatically insert a template reply.

Vivian—your idea is definitely the best so far.

]]> By: hermenauta http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178708 hermenauta Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:50:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178708 C´mon, maybe this is only a very ingeniously designed real-life experiment on the sources of social power, after all... C´mon, maybe this is only a very ingeniously designed real-life experiment on the sources of social power, after all…

]]> By: kid bitzer http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178707 kid bitzer Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:46:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178707 on the bright side, I'm glad Jonah Goldberg is finally getting a BSc. on the bright side, I’m glad Jonah Goldberg is finally getting a BSc.

]]> By: aaron http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178705 aaron Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:36:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178705 Or you could fly out and press the shift key on his computer for him. Or you could fly out and press the shift key on his computer for him.

]]> By: Thom Brooks http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178703 Thom Brooks Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:37:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178703 How long before we can leave earth for a new colony elsewhere, free from undergrads like this...? How long before we can leave earth for a new colony elsewhere, free from undergrads like this…?

]]> By: Ray http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/comment-page-1/#comment-178699 Ray Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:41:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/13/a-correspondent-with-a-future-in-management/#comment-178699 You should reply, ccing his professor, suggesting that he read the book instead. You should reply, ccing his professor, suggesting that he read the book instead.

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