Come on... You must be kidding... Right???... Right!?!?!

All of the emails below have been copied directly from my University email address, and have not been altered in any way other than to remove names and contact information. These are emails from staff and students only.

Of course these are a few of the more interesting(?) examples... there are definitely some that slip through which are not riddled with errors and religious blessings... but what fun are those to read!?!?

Every email I open has potential to be hilarious, sigh, and/or somewhat sad. Though I must say, I have never received so many blessings in my life, and it doesn't feel to bad. I would almost say that it is very thoughtful. What do you think?

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a zillion thanks for them wishes. an acada community is what we are in, hence my wishes would be as academic as possible.

may the good god of academics, (who i imagine must be a heavy weight, high-horsepower professor with an infinite amount of publications and worth his weight in academic gold), guide us in the coming calendar year.

my personal advice to all members of the utg community is to cheat on their fears, break up with their doubts, get engaged to their faith and get married to their dreams. (dont contemplate divorce!)

and always remember this story:

dr. pride said it's impossible.
''it's risky,'' said prof. experience.
prof. reason said it's pointless,
and the heart wispered: ''give it a try.''

try everything try-able in the coming year. my supervisor, (who nearly won a nobel prize in chemistry in 1990), used to tell me that one should learn to be stubborn about what he wants in life.

chemically yours,
XXXXX
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Dear Lecturer

am trying to login in the class website but indicates that it found and error. what can i do next

thanks
XXXXX

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hi miss jaiteh,

was there any lectures last on tuesday 19th october at 2:30-5:30 for cps111? if yes, then what is our faith now, because we surpose to submit our home work 2 and i was not in school on that day. we where told that there was no lectures and just now i saw an email that there should not be lectures from last wednesday to this saturday which is a very big suprise to me.

also in question 4 you ask us to write the name and the mat# of our group members, but you also said if the group submitted their list that means they have answered the question. does that meanes that we should jump question 4 if we have submitted our list, and if it will affect all the group members?

hear from you soon
thanks
XXXXX

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Wishing you and your entire family a very blessed Tobaski/Eid-UL-Adha! Ndewenati! May Allah forgive us all and continue to shower us with his mercies and bless us with great virtues of deeds. We pray that He continue to bless and uplift The UTG and her community!

Best regards,
XXXXX

Response 1:
Amen!!!! May the divine blessing remain upon the entire UTG and upon all who work and study in this National Institution.
O Lord God almighty, bless and protect The University of The Gambia. In it there may be health, victory over sin, strength, humility, goodness of heart and gentleness, observance of your law and gratefulness to God.

Response 2:
Ameen. May Allah the Almighty accept our prayers and forgive our sins

Response 3:
Amin! I am tempted to think that some of these "prayers" and "sins"
are very academic in nature.

Academically yours,
XXXXX

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hello ms jaiteh this is our group project that we manage as group to present. although we did not meet all the requirements because we are not used to such works. but anyway this is our little that we do... and we want to thank you so much for all the knowledge that you inculcate in us in this short period. you are really appreciated. we thank you so much... and we wish you all the best in your endeavors.
THANKS
XXXXX

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hi ms jaiteh,
attached are the three files of our group project. in order to watch the powerpoint presentation, continuously click on every slide to view show. tnx
yours
XXXXX

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Dear miss jaiteh,

i want to know if i should come in the morning for my pratical exam at 9am tomorrow morning or not. i wrote my name under 9am shlot. so help me.

my student id number is 12110811

thanks
XXXXX

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New year as comes, life is short, forgive quickly, love truly. I wish u 12 months of happiness, 52 weeks of fun, 365 days of laughter, 8760 hours of favour, 5256,000 minutes of joy, 31536,000 seconds of success. I wish you the best. May the wind be always at your back, mat the sun shine warm on your face , the raunfall softly on your fields, may Allah give u long life and a amicable newyear I wish u love is the best.

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NOTE: In this email I did not hide the name of the sender because the purpose of including this is to highlight the audacity of the female students referenced in the email. Please read my response to the question that Acquah has sent.

Hi Fatou,
There was a student of your class that came to me that she did not do the exmas cuz you said she should not... that was cuz her name was not yet entered for registeration but then it later entered and now she is registerd for the course but did not do the exams.
Her name is XXXXX XXXXX. she said she was in your class. please verify that and we find what to do about that.

My Response:
Hi Acquah,

Thanks for following up with me on this issue. I do remember this discussion and I actually specifically told her that she should come to the exam, even if she was not registered. I would never tell a student not to come to the exam and then let them take it at a later date as that would be very unfair to all other students in the class. Unfortunately it is far too late for her to take any makeup exam (Note to reader: This request came about a month after the exam was given). Did the University let her register for the class after it was already ended or is she registered for next semester? If she is registered for last semester she will not pass the class, and if she is registered for next semester she will need to take it again.

Cheers,
Fatou

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