One of my students called me "hon" today.
He's an older guy (I've got half a class full of TAA students, as I've said) and I'm finding it hard to be really upset about it, and I'm certainly not going to give him a hard time over it, given that I don't actually think he meant any harm by it -- I was helping him sort his TAA paperwork out, and he just said, "Thanks, hon," on his way out, but, well.
Really. Is that something that would get said to a male professor? Ever?
Or anything equivalent?
"Thanks, sport?"
I'm thinking not.
This is the blog of Kelly Jennings, science fiction writer.
As long as it doesn't happen again, let it go.
ReplyDeleteI once patted my own father on the butt with a hug of greeting because I hadn't hugged anyone but my husband for a few months and I forgot myself. It was an awkward moment we both chose to let pass, as quickly as possible! I even ran my hand down the back of a total stranger in a crowded restaurant once because I thought my husband was the one standing so close to me. I apologized while getting the raised eyebrow from his wife. He just laughed and said he enjoyed the hell out of it. I realized I need to pay more attention.
Things happen. If they happen again with this student, I'd say something then.
--L
One of my professors called me sweetie. Really! I looked at him, he at me, and we both shook our heads and walked away.
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