GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS REQUESTING HELP
If you are a school or college student interested in asking me for help for a research project, essay, or assignment on dreams, please read the following guidelines before contacting me. Thank you.
The reason for guidelines
I receive emails every week from school and college students asking for my help in answering some questions about dreams for school or college work. I’m always delighted that so many people find dreams an interesting topic to research for an essay or project, and the hard task for me is to decide how many people I can help each week in this way. To help me make that decision, please follow the guidelines below when you email me.
Guidelines
1. When you email me to ask if I can help you with your project, include a paragraph to tell me a little about what you understand about my approach to dreams. (Look at my website – this is a helpful page. Or look at a couple of articles on my blog.) This initial research will help you to ask relevant questions, and will help me to understand the level of your interest in the subject.
2. Give me an idea of your project: how many words, how many other people you’re interviewing, whether you want me to provide just a sentence or two for each question so you can quote me, or whether you want me to provide more detailed answers to your questions.
3. Tell me your age, as that helps me to know how to reply to your questions. (Remember that I receive requests for help from all over the world, so to say ‘grade 6’ or ‘year 11’ may not mean anything to me, as different countries have different systems.)
4. Use my name when you email me. Maybe it’s just me, but I really don’t like emails that start ‘Hi (no name)’, or that just plunge in. It makes me feel you are sending the same email to lots of other people.
5. Please understand that with the large number of requests I receive, I can only say yes to some, however I will certainly reply to your email to let you know.
6. I have been helping students for many years, and one thing that I have found disappointing in the past is that around 90% of the students I have helped did not acknowledge receipt of my replies to their questions, and did not thank me for the effort (and unpaid time) I have taken in answering their questions. I found that very puzzling and disheartening. It’s why I decided to write these guidelines. You would reply, right?
I look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for your interest in dreams.
Jane Teresa
