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ReplyDeleteAlmost none of the links were changed.
Of course, the probability you will win one of those gift cards is approximately...zero.
ReplyDeleteThat, yes.
DeleteAnd:
1. the missing Oxford comma in the team name, and
2. the space before the comma in the salutation, and
3. the capitalized "W", and
4. the presumptuousness of Pearson sending a complete stranger a "Reminder" to do something, and
5. etc. . . .
Zoose, I wouldn't have clicked the link without your prompt in the comment. Best thing I have seen this week.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely an improvement on the original (which I, too, received -- so, yes, odds of winning are not especially good). I occasionally fill these things out, including considerable detail about the advantages of *not* assigning textbooks and other commercial materials, and pointing out that my university already has an LMS that is no worse than the average LMS, but I usually just ignore them.
DeleteWhen I read "Thank you in advance for your feedback" I think "Fuck you retroactively and in perpetuity."
ReplyDeleteWhen I thereafter read "We look forward to hearing from you soon" I think "I look forward to deleting your emails unread until my spam filter has been trained to do that for me."
The Pearson rep came by my office the other day. I was nice enough not to say anything about evil corporations profiteering by pushing high-stakes testing in K-12.
ReplyDeleteCan we just refer to it from now on as "the dying Pearson Education company"? The epithet might even be accurate in this case (not to wish anyone ill, but I kinda hope so).
ReplyDelete:-)
DeleteI just found this from the Bill the Cat post - lmao. I recently ignored the first three "reminders" from Wiley and then I thought, what the hell, if they want to know what I think of them this desperately, I will tell them. And I did.
ReplyDeleteIf textbook prices go up next year, that's my fault, because every Wiley employee had to max out their mental-health bene's to deal with having read my e-mail.