I welcome any comments, questions, or constructive criticism you may have, especially if you believe you have found errors in the derivation of some mathematics or physics result, either as "typos" or as mathematical, physical, or conceptual mistakes. The best way to contact me is at my Indian River State College email address:
[email protected]
although their spam filters may dump you in my junk file. I check this email account at least once a day. I also have a personal google account, which I check occasionally (you might go first to the college account, and let me know that you have sent something to my gmail account):
[email protected]
Obscenities are discouraged, as they most likely will not be helpful to me in improving this website.
[email protected]
although their spam filters may dump you in my junk file. I check this email account at least once a day. I also have a personal google account, which I check occasionally (you might go first to the college account, and let me know that you have sent something to my gmail account):
[email protected]
Obscenities are discouraged, as they most likely will not be helpful to me in improving this website.
Requests for Letters of Recommendation
Although I no longer teach courses, I am sometimes asked by students to write letters of recommendation for school or job applications, scholarships, fellowships, or graduate assistantships. This can often be a very difficult request for me to fulfill, since I have typically only become acquainted with you by way of tutoring situations, sometimes for only one or two semesters. There are always exceptions, of course, and anyone reading this will know who I mean.
I recently ran across an article by a teacher who handles this rather touchy subject well by adding these comments to his course syllabus. I am repeating it here. "As you begin your college career, which might eventually involve asking professors to recommend you for graduate programs, jobs, or internships, please be aware that professors are not obligated to write references for any student who asks us. I don’t write a reference for a student unless I can write a very positive and specific one. Therefore, your job as a college student is to become the kind of student professors can rave about in recommendations — hardworking, collegial, and intellectually inquisitive and honest. Consider maintaining relationships over time with professors, so that they know you well enough to write for you. Many juniors and seniors tell me they wish they had thought about this during their first year.”