This evening, hours after I got home from school, I received this email from a student about a project that’s due tomorrow morning:

Hi mr Roy I was wondering if you could put this picture on the smart board to make sure you can read the lettering. if you cant read it then I will change the picture. thanks bye

I guess it’s true that students believe that their teachers live in the classroom 24-7!

(Yes, it is also riddled with mechanical errors, but that’s pretty common with emails from middle-schoolers. He probably felt like he was being super-formal by putting in periods and saying hi.)