Further to my post below about feeling unwell, I think I should add, that when I text messaged all of my current students, to say that classes were cancelled on Monday due to my being unwell, the student undertaking the year of Interferon therapy was the only one who texted back to ask if I needed anything.
And no – of course I did not expect ANYONE to do that. But it’s interesting that she was the ONE who DID.
Something that bothered me was that, having included in my message ‘Please text back to confirm you have received this message’………only 1 student did (out of 8. I proudly have 14 students at the moment. Some were contactable by landline, and a couple weren’t contactable at all.)
I really couldn’t face talking to them all when I was feeling sick, and if I left it till the morning for the receptionist to do, she couldn’t catch them before they would leave to attend, so they would all turn up and then be annoyed… So I figured text was a good compromise. I understand people not having credit on their mobiles, but not EVERYone………Is this a literacy issue or a social skill issue? Bit of both, I assume.
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28 November 2008 at 8:14 am
Ah, I hope you continue to feel better.
I totally understand what you mean about not being able to slow down!
The body does seem to _take_ the time it needs, if we do not willingly give it.
As to people not answering text-messages: I find that this happens all the time. Perhaps it really is that most of them think that the few cents spared are worth not answering. It is surely a bit of both reasons, though, as you mentioned.
-d-