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== My time is my life == | |||
I am an old man. | |||
Life is not a renewable resource. | |||
When I give you my time, I am giving you a very precious gift that becomes more rare and valuable with every project I complete. | |||
When you waste my time, you are wasting my life. | |||
Fool me once, shame on you. | |||
Fool me twice, shame on me. | |||
== Negotiating for my assistance == | |||
=== Tell me the number of WORDS in your project === | |||
Please do not tell me the number of pages you want me to read. | |||
Some pages are single-spaced with a small proportional font, and custom line heights. It is possible to pack 800 words or more with the pages formatted like that. | |||
What I mean by a "page" is 52 lines of text in Courier 12 monospace. Such a page will contain roughly 250 words on it. | |||
"Words" are the building blocks of sentences. This sentence has seven words in it. | |||
MicroSoft Word [https://support.office.com/en-us/article/show-word-count-3c9e6a11-a04d-43b4-977c-563a0e0d5da3?ns=WINWORD&version=90&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US counts words for you.] | |||
=== Tell me what deadlines you have === | |||
It matters a great deal to me when you need me to finish reading your work. | |||
Deadlines set by institutions and teachers have a higher priority for me than your personal milestones. | |||
I give the highest priority to work that needs to be done for ''Biblica'' and ''Orientalia.'' That assignment is what pays for my room and board here in Rome. The work that I do for faculty and students comes out of my free time after meeting those primary responsibilities. | |||
== What I will and will not do for you == | |||
=== I will not re-read any passage I have already corrected === | |||
If you change a file after giving me the copy you want to have me read, then working your changes into the file I return to you is YOUR responsibility. | |||
I will ''not'' under any circumstances re-read your piece in full. | |||
If you turn on "track changes" in MicroSoft word as you edit the file I have returned to you, I may, if I have time and if I judge that you deserve more time of it, look at the changes you have made. | |||
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Revision as of 10:35, 26 November 2019
My time is my life
I am an old man.
Life is not a renewable resource.
When I give you my time, I am giving you a very precious gift that becomes more rare and valuable with every project I complete.
When you waste my time, you are wasting my life.
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Negotiating for my assistance
Tell me the number of WORDS in your project
Please do not tell me the number of pages you want me to read.
Some pages are single-spaced with a small proportional font, and custom line heights. It is possible to pack 800 words or more with the pages formatted like that.
What I mean by a "page" is 52 lines of text in Courier 12 monospace. Such a page will contain roughly 250 words on it.
"Words" are the building blocks of sentences. This sentence has seven words in it.
MicroSoft Word counts words for you.
Tell me what deadlines you have
It matters a great deal to me when you need me to finish reading your work.
Deadlines set by institutions and teachers have a higher priority for me than your personal milestones.
I give the highest priority to work that needs to be done for Biblica and Orientalia. That assignment is what pays for my room and board here in Rome. The work that I do for faculty and students comes out of my free time after meeting those primary responsibilities.
What I will and will not do for you
I will not re-read any passage I have already corrected
If you change a file after giving me the copy you want to have me read, then working your changes into the file I return to you is YOUR responsibility.
I will not under any circumstances re-read your piece in full.
If you turn on "track changes" in MicroSoft word as you edit the file I have returned to you, I may, if I have time and if I judge that you deserve more time of it, look at the changes you have made.