By Eliana Osborn. I found myself sucked into a text conversation with a student a few days ago, a conversation that I let go on for far too long. The brief messages started casually, then grew hostile (on the student’s part, not mine), as I wasn’t willing to do what the student wanted. I should have put a stop to it after a simple exchange, but I admit to getting a bit caught up. I’m in the middle of a semester of too much communication. I’m getting e-mails and texts from students countless times a day.
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