Writing an email is the equivalent of making
a sandwich for your teacher.
A good sandwich requires a good foundation
with proper layers, just like an email.
Now, it may be cheesy, but it's a big deal!
A bad email is like a moldy sandwich, would
you have your grandma eat a moldy sandwich?
OF COURSE NOT!
Then why would you send one?
So, let's consider this: What is a good email?
There are a lot of important ingredients that
go into making a good email.
First you need: a proper tone, subject, greeting,
body, signature, and finally, the best practice
is to send it from your DCMail!
Adding too much sauce, especially hot sauce
to a sandwich can completely ruin it.
Hot sauce represents aggression in an email,
and nobody wants a burning mouth!
Just like no one wants to receive a threatening
email, don’t send one!
Remember you’re not texting your friends,
you shouldn’t be spamming your Professor
by sending multiple emails like a text.
Tone it down on the spam! *get it?*
Now, take a look at the tone being conveyed
by this sentence:
Are you kidding me, Susan what is this mark!!?!
I was only 1 day late!!
That’s just awful!
Now take a look at what a proper tone looks
like:
Hi Professor Stewart,
I have reviewed my recent assignment grade,
and was wondering if I could book some time
with you to discuss how to improve.
Now that’s the perfect amount of sauce!
You want the sandwich that you eat to be professionally
made, just like the relationship between you
and your professor should be kept professional
and respectful at all times.
A proper tone is not enough to make a professional
email, you also want to use the appropriate
sandwich-like structure.
The subject should be detailed and straight
to the point.
The greeting should be respectful and address
them by their title unless otherwise requested.
Remember ‘hey’ is not an appropriate way
to address your Professor, or future Boss.
Make sure to include your name, student number,
course, and class day, to be easily identified.
Some Teachers have over 200 students!
How would they know which one is you!??
What makes a sandwich whole is its protein,
as does the body of an email.
Within your body you should state the reason
for contacting them, and it should be clear,
concise and correct.
To top it off, your sandwich needs a slice
of cheese, just like every good email should
end with a signature.
If you don’t have these ingredients, that’s
a poorly made sandwich!
Now you’re ready to send it off!
Remember, best practice is to make sure it’s
from your school email!
Now that you know how to create that perfect
sandwich, I mean email, you can ensure that
you’ll get a professional reply from your
professors!
I hope you’re hungry!
Enjoy your sandwich!
