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Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


WindSparrow - Dec 26, 2008 9:32:01 am PST #5808 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

"Your approach sucks and insulting women"

Yeah.

Sorry, that's all I've got.


Barb - Dec 26, 2008 9:32:44 am PST #5809 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”

Yes, we have that, but what would I write? "Your approach sucks and insulting women"?

Sure, why not?

Of course, I may not be the best person to ask. I once stood up in a marching band techniques class that was a requirement for my major and told the instructor that he was an embittered old dinosaur who was stagnating in his glories from thirty years past and wouldn't know fresh and exciting innovations in the sport of drum corps or marching band if they came up and bit him on the ass.

This was in response to the fourth or fifth time he'd said that he felt women had no business being band directors.

Given that he had the power to keep me from getting a job anywhere in the tri-state area, I felt it prudent to leave class and go change my major.

I may have a big mouth.


Scrappy - Dec 26, 2008 9:38:28 am PST #5810 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Shir--you could say something like "I felt the instructor was not open to interpretations of myth which were different that his own. His interpretations seemed to be uniformly conservative and biased against women in particular."


Typo Boy - Dec 26, 2008 9:42:44 am PST #5811 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Oh,and for those who want the xkcd with added ability to hover: [link]

And my advice is live with this until the easy A. Then not only evaluate, but maybe write a letter of complaint. See if you can get others in the class to also complain or maybe even come up with a joint letter a lot of the class can sign on to.


Shir - Dec 26, 2008 9:44:59 am PST #5812 of 10000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

I don't think I have a big month, but I am an opinionative and loyal person, and in this case, I'm loyal to my opinions. And I don't think his teaching should go unnoticed.

At this point, I think I might need a bazooka, a flame-thrower and possibly a clown dress to demonstrate how much I resent a certain percent of his teaching approach.

Yeah, I may also have some rage issues.


WindSparrow - Dec 26, 2008 9:47:39 am PST #5813 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

How about "Your lectures are insulting to women, and to such men as may have progressed mentally into the 21st century. In particular, it is extremely disturbing that you make comments justifying rape because the victim learns to 'love' the one who committed violence against her. Also, the bit about women having power over men because women can make men fall in love with them is so silly even 1950s American TV shows were smarter."

I guess the question is, what effect can any of your actions possibly have. If course evaluations get read by the lecturer's superiors, and there are enough of those comments, perhaps they will have a little chat with him, and/or eventually make him go away, but maybe the powers that be pay no attention. Challenging him in class is unlikely to change his mind or the content of the lectures but might help your fellow students to take what he says with a grain of salt.


Shir - Dec 26, 2008 9:48:30 am PST #5814 of 10000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

Scrappy and Typo for the win. Scrappy, I'm actually gonna mark your post so I'll remember it in two months.

But I don't know, don't you think I should ask him for his opinions in/after class, just to be sure I'm throwing stones and fire at the right general direction?


Pete, Husband of Jilli - Dec 26, 2008 9:48:42 am PST #5815 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd

Wait, there's been freezing temperatures in L.A.?

Snerk.

Hey, I'm happy to share the misery! We are so totally done with the snow thing now, FWIW.


Laura - Dec 26, 2008 9:58:42 am PST #5816 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.

I don't think this will reduce the number of Obama crushes. Am I the last to see this? Just catching up on news. [link] For some reason this caught my attention.


Miracleman - Dec 26, 2008 10:02:00 am PST #5817 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Hey, I'm happy to share the misery! We are so totally done with the snow thing now, FWIW.

Damn, Pete, I forgot to put your name on the card! So sorry.

Sean, the ice and cold is from Pete and Jilli, too. They helped.