Prior to college, email was not a large part of my life. If I had a question to ask my teacher in high school it could most likely wait until the next day where I would see them in class. Now that I only see my professors three times maximum per week I have begun to utilize email more often. Email in college serves as the only form of communication between professors and students  which makes it so important to not offend your professors while emailing them. While emailing your professor one needs to write the way they would talk to their professor in person.

The article was not lying when it stated that our generation has simply never been taught how to format emails. Whenever I have to write an email I stick to my same format that I have grown to be comfortable with. After reading this article I have come to the realization that I am not half bad at writing emails, but most definitely not perfect. I now know that I have to add details about which class I am in and at what time, which makes sense considering how many students my professor may have. I think to better ones email writing they should put themselves in the shoes of the individual they are emailing.

Professors may have different views of emailing than students do. I think this has to do more with the age gap than anything else. Professors look at email as a much more professional form of communication while students do not necessarily understand the formality of email. By being taught the proper formatting of emailing, students will become more efficient at emailing as well as eliminate the opportunity to offend their professor, which is the worst case scenario.