'Whatever': College student inspires others to share their most hilarious exchanges with TEACHERS, after he tweeted his professor's very blunt one-word email response
- Kade Walker, a 19-year-old sophomore at South Dakota State University, took to Twitter to share an email he received from his professor David Wiltse
- 'Is it still okay for me to take my final tomorrow at 12? Let me know,' Kate wrote to his professor, who emailed back: 'whatever'
- David took the tweet in stride, and responded with a tweet of his own, writing: 'tfw your words go viral, and your punk student doesn’t cite his source'
- Both of their tweets went viral, scoring hundreds of thousands of likes and inspiring other Twitter users to share their own stories
A college student has inspired people to share the blunt — and sometimes strange — email exchanges they've had with their professors after his hilarious correspondence with his instructor went viral.
Kade Walker, a 19-year-old sophomore at South Dakota State University, took to Twitter earlier this month to share an email he received from his political science professor David Wiltse regarding his final.
'Is it still okay for me to take my final tomorrow at 12? Let me know,' Kate wrote to his professor, who emailed back: 'whatever.'
Famous: Kade Walker, a 19-year-old sophomore at South Dakota State University, tweeted an email he received from his professor David Wiltse this month and the post went viral
Blunt: 'Is it still okay for me to take my final tomorrow at 12? Let me know,' Kate wrote to his professor, who emailed back: 'whatever'
Kade shared the email to make fun of the warnings people give high schoolers about what college is really like, when in actually it tends to be the opposite.
'High school: College is no joke, your instructors are very serious and you always have to be professional and respectful,' he tweeted before sharing his professor's email very brief email.
David took the tweet in stride, and responded with a message of his own, tweeting: 'tfw your words go viral, and your punk student doesn’t cite his source.'
He admits it: David noted that he tends to 'short and terse' in the emails he sends, particularly when he is conversing with a student he knows as well as Kade
Give credit where credit's due: David responded to his student's tweet with a hilarious message of his own
'Sure': Kaylen, another former student of David's, joined the thread, to share her email exchange with him from 2015
While Kade's original tweet has been liked more than 187,000 times, people went wild over David's response, which has scored more than double that.
'I’d no idea he tweeted it, until it started trending,' David told BuzzFeed News of his email response.
'I'm pretty short and terse in the emails that I send, particularly to people that know me, like Kade does,' he explained, noting that he warns his students that they will be getting short replies because he gets hundreds of emails a day.
After Kade's tweet went viral, Kaylen, another former student of David's, joined the thread, to share her email exchange with him from 2015.
Concise: A Twitter user named Caitlin shared the lengthy email she sent her professor about leaving class 15 minutes early. His response? 'OK'
'The "seniors don't have to take the final thing" is true, right?' she asked, and he wrote back: 'Sure.'
'The suspense when I decided not to show up for my last @DaveWiltse exam,' she tweeted.
Other students proved that David isn't the only one cutting corners when it comes to their email responses.
A Twitter user named Caitlin responded to Kade's tweet by sharing the lengthy email she sent her professor about leaving class 15 minutes early. His response? 'OK.'
Laughing it off: A Twitter user named Melania revealed she was able to joke with her professor about spelling endergonic wrong
Keeping it brief: A student looking to confirm her conference time got a two word response from her professor
'Are there real slim shady?' Brianne Kelly posted this bizarre email she received from her professor
Looking for her: Gracie Fitzsimmons recalled how she skipped class and her professor emailed her: 'Where are thou?'
Rachel Sellinger warned her professor she wouldn't be in class because she got food poisoning, and he just wrote back: 'Gross.'
A Twitter user named Sydney explained to her instructor that she went to double check her time for her conference and noticed her name wasn't on the schedule that was posted.
When she asked if they were still on for 10:10 a.m. the next day, her professor kept it brief and replied: 'Yes. Strange.'
And Gracie Fitzsimmons recalled how she skipped class and her professor emailed her: 'Where are thou?'
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