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05/01/2008

Generation Z-minus-one

Tayere studentlekh,

Remember how in elementary school, you learned that you're supposed to make eye contact with the driver if you're walking in front of or behind a car? Make eye contact with the driver if you're walking in front of or behind a car. Or at least look at, not away from, the car; the car sounds you hear a foot away should be a clear indication that there is indeed a car somewhere near you.

If we accidentally hit you, guilt dictates that we have to give you As in all your classes, and that would really screw up our grade distrubution, ultimately leading to questions from the accreditation board. And if we're de-accredited because of inflated grades, then your degree won't mean anything.

(The second paragraph may be fictional, but it's fiction engaged for a useful purpose, which makes it okay.)