Email

Email is a wonderful tool, but it can also be dangerous. A study once stated that 60-70% of people misinterpreted the tone of voice that the sender meant. You can imagine what that can lead to at times.

Still, I love email for a lot of reasons: it helps you stay in touch with people at anytime day or night; you do it on your schedule; interesting things can be sent that can make you laugh, cry, or think; and lots of other reasons.

I suppose it could lead to negative things happening once in awhile. I think we've all been the reciepent of one of those emails somebody shouldn't have sent. Possibly, we've sent one of those too. We're all human and make mistakes, after all.

Why do I bring this up? I love it when parents have email and are responsive to it. I can let them know at the end of the day or in the middle of the day any good things or any concerns that come up. They, in return, can do the same. It's a way for me to easily stay connected with them.

Email also helps me stay in touch with my co-workers. This is especially helpful if a parent does bring up a concern or something happens and we, as a team, want to address it together. I think it is a way that keeps us connected and saves time.

So, basically, what I'm saying is it is very helpful for schools to share their email addresses with parents and parents to share their email addresses with the schools.