EMail Addresses

I almost posted about the NYTimes article regarding teachers' reactions to students' presumptious use of EMail to demand responses from them. It was interesting. More interesting, though, was a blog article I saw that raised the question of email addresses used by students:

...even though universities give students email addresses, it’s often the case that students won’t use them. Instead they prefer their free hotmail or yahoo or gmail addresses. No problem as such there, except that sometimes the students pick the kind of addresses for themselves that aren’t exactly professional-quality. Frankly it feels a bit odd to correspond with, e.g., missbitchy23 or WildcatBongs about letters of reference or what have you.

This led to a comments section full of "our favorite inappropriate student email addresses". Some of my favorites: pimpdaddy69, creamythighs247, CutieWithBooty81, bigpimp34, chunkymonkey, sexylegs, jesus_sucks_my_penis, and a variety of AOL screen names: aqua-anus, Igotoohard, hardnowsoftlater, virusspreader, lepercolony, no69ismyfav, eatdung69, and the ever popular failingschool. The funniest comments are from people teaching resume writing classes. For the record, though, I figured Garrett's "demonted" email address was a net positive when applying for a job at a game store.