tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post3960111399178822966..comments2024-02-12T09:07:37.691-06:00Comments on I am doing the best I can: Hi! Let me offend you!Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12920042208198309201noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-57671466034028497942008-01-29T09:48:00.000-06:002008-01-29T09:48:00.000-06:00Oh! I once corrected a particular instructor twice...Oh! I once corrected a particular instructor <I>twice in one day</I> when I was an undergrad! In the same class period. She was Not Pleased. Especially given I was, what, twenty, at the time? And she was a Ph.D in her fifties with years of teaching experience.<BR/><BR/>But I just couldn't help it! She was <I>Wrong!</I> And she was spreading her Wrongness! To young minds innocent in their ignorance!<BR/><BR/>(Homer spoke Ionic Greek, NOT Aeolic Greek, damn it. And the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is widely misunderstood to mean that language determines one's ability to perceive the world, but that's not what it actually said! Sapir and Whorf only meant to propose that the limitations of one's native language might <I>affect</I> one's perception of reality, not that those limitations <I>determined</I> one's ability to understand certain concepts. Sheesh!)<BR/><BR/>I think we should start our own university, Dawn. The University of Intellectual Snobs with Poor Coping Skills.Jaelithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-8438596663877436502008-01-24T17:40:00.000-06:002008-01-24T17:40:00.000-06:00I've found the poeple to whom I can say "no, you'r...I've found the poeple to whom I can say "no, you're wrong" are exceedingly few. An instructor to whom you're TA to seems unlikely to be one of those people. I've found that often a question or simply bringing up another point of view can work better. Most people don't like to be told their wrong, often more when they are.<BR/>I know that this can be compounded by sexism, racism, ageism, or classism and that's really annoying. But being right doesn't matter if you don't get heard.<BR/>I know that the line between being confident and aggresive is much harder for women. I often wonder how much harder it would be for me if I was a woman rather than a gay man. I know that there's a certain respect I get simply for looking like a SWM. Although I think it only lasts till I start talking.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033171631286398643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-85329880455496008932008-01-24T11:14:00.000-06:002008-01-24T11:14:00.000-06:00When I was in grad school taking a class called "C...When I was in grad school taking a class called "Child & Family Policy" with a professor who apparently believed that only two-parent, heterosexual, white, middle-class groupings of people counted as families, I had a TA a lot like you. And God bless him.<BR/><BR/>Trust. There are students out there who need you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-77991511642586358382008-01-24T10:57:00.000-06:002008-01-24T10:57:00.000-06:00sorry, darling, you will never find that perfect n...sorry, darling, you will never find that perfect niche where you are understood and recognized for your greatness. unless you come back to the states and hang out with me, where we can drink ourselves ridiculous and revel in our superiority...Mitzi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04924366481274530148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-80585617235397611972008-01-24T08:36:00.000-06:002008-01-24T08:36:00.000-06:00Eh, they're just scared. Because they know you're...Eh, they're just scared. Because they know you're right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-25412692028946455162008-01-24T08:12:00.000-06:002008-01-24T08:12:00.000-06:00Your true calling is as a blogger. Or maybe a jour...Your true calling is as a blogger. Or maybe a journalist.SUEB0Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.com