By the way, I just received the coolest e-mail ever.
I'm sick and tired of receiving outraged e-mails about some social/religious/economical problem that is so poorly argued I don't even know where to begin my refutation: from the conspiracy theory that the US wants to invade the Amazon and already teaches students that it isn't Brazilian territory to the absurd claim that crystals can heal you if you align them with the magnetic poles of our beloved planet and Mars will look the size of the moon in a given night, these e-mails never fail to make me cringe. But, because I can't be arsed to reply all of them, so I let them be and just come to the conclusion that whoever sent it probably has a big heart.
A former 2x-year old student of mine just sent me an e-mail saying that if you get arrested, your family will receive five times the minimum wage because you can't work and someone needs to look after them. The e-mail is clearly written in an angry tone, because the government doesn't seem to grant these perks to those poor saps who are killed by these cruel murderers.
It turns out she also sent this e-mail to a specialist on this field... and boy, what an awesome reply did she write.
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