tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post760066568483663961..comments2023-12-21T09:41:50.526-05:00Comments on Lesboprof: Curses, foiled again!Lesboprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09249806181782620274noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-29359719319022494362007-01-11T16:13:00.000-05:002007-01-11T16:13:00.000-05:00I think the larger point you make here -- which is...I think the larger point you make here -- which is very important -- is being aware of how one's approach to teaching is affecting one's students. I curse in class too -- sometimes too much -- but when I am aware of it, I realize that my brain has switched over into some mode where I am trying to get their attention about something. I use humor in this way too, and humor -- I have realized over the years -- can be just as damaging unless deployed with attention to how students respond to it.<br /><br />I teach queer studies, and one of the things I have become very aware of is that students who have taken the class because they are identified with me in some way,and are either consciously or unconsciously seeking my approval, will take their cue from me. If I make a joke about a religious leader caught with his pants down, there are students who think they now have permission to vent about religion in careless ways that can be very thoughtless. <br /><br />I like your blog, and I like the issues you are raising. <br /><br />The Tenured RadicalTenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-23174150372066781172007-01-10T01:22:00.000-05:002007-01-10T01:22:00.000-05:00I'm guessing Bonner's tenured to rant publicly lik...I'm guessing Bonner's tenured to rant publicly like that. Adjuncts like me, we need to stay anonymous. Kind of hard to sort through the ranting, but I think I got the point. "I want to be rude, and if I can't be rude I'll be rude. <br /><br />I'm a curser as well. I love four letter words, but I'm asked to refrain at home by my wife and she's even turned the kids against me, well on the cursing part of me. Not that I'm more concerned with my students than my kids, but in class I know that students are really sensitive about that man up there with the grade book and what he's saying so some how I keep it under control, which really surprises my friends. <br /><br />Oh if I taught English instead of Bio I could slip in a few four lettered friends here and there...SourDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02734005590037470258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-61309042367186239892007-01-10T00:55:00.000-05:002007-01-10T00:55:00.000-05:00Thanks for a great post on this. I am very bad abo...Thanks for a great post on this. I am very bad about swearing, and I don't like it!!!Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30422881.post-13742439276386401832007-01-09T00:30:00.000-05:002007-01-09T00:30:00.000-05:00I feel your pain. When a curse word slips out in c...I feel your pain. When a curse word slips out in class, I often feel terrible later. I generally work hard not to be a hostile presence in class. But, it still bothers me to do it because I think it suggests that my subject matter isn't owed the dignity that it is. Unfortunately, I also tend to be quite expressive while teaching, and often realize after the fact that I've let one slip.<br /><br />Also, I agree that his reaction was weird. Not all student criticisms are valid. But, I think that treating them all as being open to discussion is part of the given relationship between us (senior scholars) and students (junior scholars).Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.com