Dr. Scott D. Moore

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Favorite quotes from student's papers

"It sticks out because some of the most brilliant people in the world make a living by their mouths."

"Some people may not know that they are trying to commit suicide."

"Gender differences have been a part of organizational culture and communication for a long period of time."

"Hungry men prefer heavier women than do satisfied men."

"Few research has address childhood aggression." 

"However, little research studies husband-wife communication." 

"...and research has yet to study relational conflict." 

"The importance of learning in the environment that is best suites to one’s personality is key to fully reaching one’s potential in the academic world."

"..it is very difficult to link gender to organizational communication ... However, organizational communication are taking steps in the right direction and are producing amazing bodies of literature, and some of those do come from females. "

"This study is of great importance to not only strengthen what has been previously been researched, but to add to past findings."

"Distance in a relationship is defined how distant each person in the relationship is from one another."

"Methods are used to test these different theories. These methods are known as Methodologies. Methodology is the study of research methods..."

"The teacher personally meeting with students will reduce anonymity in their relationship."

"Of course, during the work or in the workplace, communication with co-workers, with his sub-fellows and other people is very necessary.  Otherwise, people will feel stressed and even burnout, even commit suicides."

"This is also an important study because education is important to society, and to discover some things that could help improve this and use different functions of the brain to extend the learning process, it could only make things better."

"This paper also wants to include factors that can target aggressiveness in this engager of the media can be physiological problems or lead to some type of abuse. "

"To test the upholding the cultural values part they asked people how much a woman who turned in a mugger who was beating prostates should be awarded for her tip."

 

Favorite Email Messages from Students

Subject: SPEECH!

I was wondering when is the best time for me to come meet you, to discuss more on how to perfectionate my speech, since I did such a horrible job.

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Professor Moore,
I have been trying to think of a good way to start my speech. I have come up with "Did you know....." and that is it. is this o.k.?

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I need a permission number from you to add the class in the system.
I am in the 4th semester now, studying normally. Now, I want to ask you to give me that number, so that I am able to add the class to my schedule.
If you have any questions please contact me as soon as possible.

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Subject: Extra Credi

Hey i no you busy, but have you got the extra credit yet? thanks

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hey
can you send me the website u told me that has  the relationship sources on?
i cant; find it
thank you

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Hello, I'm a little confused/worried about my standing in your class so I have a few concerns.
First, when our first draft for our paper was due you said I could turn it in later but you never really said when to turn it in. So I still haven't turned it in and I haven't turned in the second draft either, I guess because I wasn't sure if the same rule applied. Not a very safe thought process, I know. I should have asked you about this a couple of weeks ago, but I've obviously gotten behind in some of my work and I kept forgetting to ask. Also, I couldn't make it to class last week, so that was another opportunity missed. So I'd like to know exactly what I should do for both of those grades, or if I can make them up at all. Second, I've had really crappy grades on the tests and I'm wondering how badly I've (for lack of a better term) screwed myself, or if I have.
Thanks,
BE

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So do you mean you want a doctor's note or something? My disorder is narcolepsy. I can have my mother send you something if you're needing something more legitimate.

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Hey would you mind looking over my paper? i feel like its not making anyy sence.

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Hey its [name dedacted] from your wed. night class, Im still trying to figure out a good topic and i thought maybe you could give me a good idea. I was thinking of doing something over women in there communication in relationship. I was thinking something along the lines of women and the signals they give off. Whether they come off the wrong way with something they say, and how they thinking they could just be normal but it could come off as flirtatious to a guy. Whether its from texting to talking face to face.

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So are you much of a "round-upper" with grades? Cause I am sitting at like a 78.8... Just thought I would ask.

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Hey, Do you bumb up grades that are close to an A or was that basically done with the 6 point curve on the final? Because I think that i basically have an 89 ish and i was wondering if you do that? If not I totally understand, have a good break.

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hey sorry about the email about needed the letter i dont need it but i
talked to the guy from espn and he said i can do the internship so i
will have him sign all the forms

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Okay, I have a source that was written in China and some of the information is in Chinese. After some translation via google, I think the name of the person who wrote it is REN Su-Li. Should I just put the source as unknown or assume that that is the correct author?  

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I'm at about 1700 words any suggestions on how to go into more detail Im at a loss for words.

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I need help on my hypothesis... do you mind giving me advice?

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Okay, I get that for the most part, just putting that into action is my
problem. so I'm trying to associate conflict in close relationships and how the
people handle or treat conflict. so in turn, my hypothesis would be like...
Individuals in close relationships do not handle or treat conflict in a
positive manner. I'm totally off, aren't I? I talked to another professor, and he said
that my hypothesis should be something toward the effect of "individuals
that use collaborative blah blah blah" and I totally lost him after that...

 

Favorite quotes from my former students

Then like a lightning bolt from Thor's mighty quiver it hits me, the memory that had eluded me for the better part of my morning. Eluded me like the cheshire cat, hiding from the prepubescent Alice, and I was Alice all this time.  - Brett Gipson

The Do Nothing Method:  Do nothing, say nothing. Soon, there will be nothing to do and nothing to say. Then you can say nothing happened that you didn't know about. "I don't know, I haven't heard anything. I'll have to see what needs to be done." Nothing.   -Daniel Bernard

I'm just a man whose intellect barely outweighs his character flaws. Unless you count intellectual humility as a flaw, then I guess it's even. -- Daniel Bernard

 

Good Quotes

The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. -- E. Grebenik

Old Yiddish proverb: "If triangles had a God, He'd have three sides."

I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. -- A. Whitney Brown

"The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another." JF Dobie

"I used to keep my college room mate from reading my personal mail by hiding it in her textbooks." Joan Welsh

"You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life." Emo Philips.

 

 

Rules for Writing Good
by William Safire