Hi everyone, I am Soyoung Lee. I am a junior majoring in Operations Research and Information Engineering (Thanks Angela. I did not know the department name has changed.^^) and minoring in Information Science. Before talking about my fifth time checking emails, let me talk about myself. I was born in South Korea. I moved to New York City in 2000. Most of the time I tell people that I am from NYC; they think I live in Manhattan. However, there are four more boroughs other than Manhattan in NYC. Among those, I live in Queens. Although it is very likely that many of you would not recognize the name, I went to Forest Hills High School. As the name implies, I had walked up the hill for four years prior to experiencing slope in Cornell. So, it did not take that long to adapt to the tiring commute to Central Campus from Becker. (For those who are new to Cornell, Becker is a dorm in West Campus.) Now, I dare to wear heels on slope. I like listening to Japanese pop-songs(aka J-pop). When I listen to J-pop, if I understand its lyrics, it feels very nice as if I have found a dollar on the ground. (I hope you understand what I mean.-_-;;) Actually, this is what made me learn Japanese. One day, my friend and I found Japanese karaoke in Manhattan. We went there with a folder filled with printed lyrics in Korean. Since neither of us knew how to read Japanese, we had no other choice. It looked quite awkward to see a pile of papers next to a microphone and my friend holding and reading papers to sing a song. Yes, I wanted to learn how to read Japanese fluently in order to have fun in a karaoke without any inconvenience. Although the initial motivation was not quite academic, now listening to J-pop and learning Japanese are my hobbies. I also like taking a walk. Last week, I was not able to go to gym in morning since it opened late. Instead, I went to the lake area in between North and Central Campus. It was very nice there. There were lots of greens and colorful flowers. If you have free time and are willing to do so, I recommend you to visit this area where there is a small piece of land in the middle of the lake. I spent about five minutes just looking at the tiny island.
An Internet-related phenomenon that I am interested in is why I check my email so often while I do not check my mail box more than once a day. Almost every time I open my laptop I find myself logging in my webmail and other email accounts as well to check whether I got any new mails. And if I send an email to others, I became to expect them to send me a response quickly. It seemed like people around me and I built an image that a person who does not check his or her email often is not diligent. (#3-The online space that it takes place in is Electronic mail. Since Electronic mail has been around since about the time Internet was born, there is no need to define new dimension.) I wish this class gives me a clue to find out why.
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Hey Soyoung. Ever since I broke out my laptop at Cornell, I too find myself compulsively checking my email at various times during the day. At first I felt a little foolish for constantly logging into Uportal only to find an empty email folder. However, by the second day, I literally had new mail every time I signed in. I’m not sure what compels everyone to check his or her emails periodically throughout the day, but I’m slowly learning that as a college student, it’s very necessary. I know that I almost feel helpless when I have no email access because of my (perhaps neurotic) fear of missing that one important email from a professor or that a meeting was switched to another location. We expect people to respond immediately because of how technologically connected our society is and the tiny effort and time an email takes to be sent.
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