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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a professor and regularly get emails from high school students who ask for research internships.  They haven't finished high school, much less basic undergraduate courses in my field.  I don't know who encourages this, but obviously those kids didn't think up this idea independently.

[i]"Dear Professor X:

I am very interested in your work after reading [one of my obscure papers from a web search].  I would like to help you with research because I want to have a career [making a lot of money by doing something I know nothing about]."[/i]

This is insulting to their high school teachers, who have a lot to teach them.[/quote]

Your points are good. B[b]ut you could also show a little bit of empathy to these kid[/b]s, who are clearly being encouraged to do this and think they need it. [/quote]

+1.  This.  And the letter may have been an assignment and the kid is waiting breathlessly for a response.  They don't know any better.  Be kind. [/quote]

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