Today's Observation

I work in the land of college students, and that is always an adventure. Not quite as much of an adventure as Wal Mart, but still an adventure.

I have a specific group of students I'm assigned to work with and as they spend time with me over the years, they begin to develop a comfort level with me. They stop calling me "Mrs. Freelan" (for which I'm grateful) and start treating me like a normal person. Sometimes we even develop friendships and they'll share the happenings of their lives. I love that.

But people.

Oh, people.

There is a line.

It is still an office. I am still a professional of sorts - even though I don't often claim such stuffiness.

I've noticed, this year especially, that the emails that come my way (from near strangers, no less) are...well...they're like texts.

This is not a direct quote, but it's pretty close to some I've gotten. No exaggeration:

heyyyyyyyyyyyyy. i was like wondering if you knew when my aid would be ready lolol. idky i havent heard anything yet but my mom is wondering if you know so yeah if you could check into that and get back with me that would be great hahahaha.

Gone are the days of salutations, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, entire words, and a general sense of professionalism.

Scares me just a bit.