Comments on: There’s no need to be rude http://onlineprofessor.today.com/2009/02/05/theres-no-need-to-be-rude/ Survival tips for online college students. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:53:56 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 By: Anne http://onlineprofessor.today.com/2009/02/05/theres-no-need-to-be-rude/#comment-175 Anne Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:54:20 +0000 http://onlineprofessor.today.com/2009/02/05/theres-no-need-to-be-rude/#comment-175 As an online student I would agree on the importance of maintaining good etiquette. I have experienced (not in this forum) people misinterpreting the meaning behind my words due to the lack of inflection in email and message boards. Even when someone knows the personality of another the written words may come across ill-intended. Another would be to really read what you are writing and try to look at it from another's perspective. What if someone were writing the same thing towards you. How would you take it? As an online student I would agree on the importance of maintaining good etiquette. I have experienced (not in this forum) people misinterpreting the meaning behind my words due to the lack of inflection in email and message boards. Even when someone knows the personality of another the written words may come across ill-intended.

Another would be to really read what you are writing and try to look at it from another’s perspective. What if someone were writing the same thing towards you. How would you take it?

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