Why do these kids give me their email addresses (so we can plan stuff for our group project), when they won’t even bother to acknowledge the emails I’ve sent?
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don’t the kids all talk by instatextagramr or something these days?
has email become old fashioned?
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Didn’t I also set up a “GroupMe” per their request, but have they even looked/replied to that? Care to take a guess?
Bitter, moi???
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… 
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Haven’t I made that very point on this forum before? Don’t youngsters think of email the way we think of rotary dial phones?
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Don’t you need to offer bribes inducements to timely participation? Can’t it be just about anything (a stick of gum, even) because it becomes a game/challenge then, instead of a requirement?
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Millenials need tangible incentives? 
Shouldn’t they be motivated by the fact that post-project peer evals can make or break one’s grade?
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Humans have a tendency to be human at any stage of development, right?
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Isn’t it a known trick in business to have a candy bowl on your desk? Can’t I get my nearly-90-year-old dad to feel loved just by bringing him an apple pie? Don’t people play poker that much more ruthlessly if they’re betting quarters instead of just playing for fun?
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Didn’t I learn that my uncles really suck at poker while betting nickels and quarters one night?
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Maybe you should be glad they didn’t all insist on using SnapChat for communications?
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Is that one o’ them nekkid people apps?
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Do you not have a Slack channel?
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Don’t I, though?
Oh, did you mean some other sort of slack?
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Do you think I have any idea what I’m talking about?
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Did I ever mention the time I put “I can only be contacted by rotary dial phone” on my syllabus?
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Don’t I want to steal that next time I teach?
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Why isn’t there an xkcd about obligatory xkcds yet?
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Too meta?
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Aren’t you just quoting fragments from Silicon Valley like the rest of us?
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