Thanks for the kind words!
I graduated in May 2009 and have been working in the industry for 2 years. I worked with a professor for my senior project. I recently emailed said professor asking for a letter of recommendation, and I received no response. It's very hard for me to know whether he ignored the email because he was not enthusiastic about writing the letter, or because he forgot / did not receive it / whatever. What do you think is the best course of action here? Wait for a week and then send another email? What if he doesn't reply again?
If that fails, try again a week later with a fresh email.
Lots of profs (myself included) have a crushing inbox overload. We expect to be re-emailed with critical stuff.
Never take radio silence as a sign of malice when it comes to email. Doubly so with profs.
Until I read your teaching statement I'd never really been clear on what the hell a teaching statement was supposed to be.
Honestly, I didn't know what a teaching statement was either.
Fortunately, no one reads them.