Mixed Messages

I got an e-mail from a fellow teacher. What it’s about doesn’t matter. Truthfully, I’m not able to get through it anyway; it gave me a headache. The dang thing used eight different fonts, in all sorts of colors, from block lettering to squiggly lines. The thing was even animated! Letters were dancing and emoticons were sticking tongues at me!

I mean were talking about communication between two colleagues. How is something like that professional? Well, I guess it could be S.O.P. if it were a circus clown e-mailing a second circus clown discussing the rising cost of seltzer water or something. Other than that I’m stuck. The next thing you know I’ll be getting e-mails written with Wordle.