via SiT - The Chronicle: 5/31/2002: The 24-Hour Professor: Online Teaching Redefines Faculty Members' Schedules, Duties, and Relationships With Students

I often feel like a 24-hour professor. I regularly respond to e-mails and newsgroup postings at odd hours of the day, night, and weekend. Sometimes I think my students expect immediate response no matter the time they post their questions. It's a rod I have made for my own back and one which I'll have to wean my students off eventually. It just disrupts my routine too much and leads to false, high, expectations.

I can almost guarantee that they'll be a bunch of questions raised in the next 24 hours since my computer architecture exam is on Thursday morning B-}