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ZigmundZag
Title: Grammar Nazi
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Sansfear
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Jorrdan posted:
That said, I also think of those crazy students / people that hurt other people and, in retrospect, we hear that they have drawn things or written things that teachers wish they "had spoken up about" afterwards.
Teachers who say that are copouts. They only wish they'd spoken up when a single individual does something bad later in life. They ignore the other 99 kids who wrote or drew similar things that turned out just fine.
Kids draw and write things all the time that can might be questionable. It is called being young and creative and they don't know any better.
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Yukishiro1
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The guy is probably a creepy old man and that is causing them to overreact.
She also sounds crazy though. Afraid to go to the restroom because the guy was in the library? 
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Jorrdan
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Sansfear posted:
Jorrdan posted:
That said, I also think of those crazy students / people that hurt other people and, in retrospect, we hear that they have drawn things or written things that teachers wish they "had spoken up about" afterwards.
Teachers who say that are copouts. They only wish they'd spoken up when a single individual does something bad later in life. They ignore the other 99 kids who wrote or drew similar things that turned out just fine.
Kids draw and write things all the time that can might be questionable. It is called being young and creative and they don't know any better.
A college student is not really a kid. At least to the extent that I don't buy the they "don't know any better" excuse.
Though, if it is true that what she is/was afraid of was his gun advocacy, then I'm siding with him (the writer) on this one.
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Sansfear posted:
Either Mr Corlett leaves campus or I do. I will not be afraid to go to the ladies restroom, as I was today, because someone informed me that he was in the library.
OH NOES I CAN"T GO PEE BECAUSE SOMEONE THAT LIKES GUNS IS GETTING THEIR READING ON IN DA LIBRARY...
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A liberal is a Conservative who hasn't been yet mugged by political correctness.
I agree with what Modeeb said tho.
Just not worth it anymore, get the grade and move on.
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Modeeb
Title: A Ghost In The Machine
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She is trying this in a court of public opinion. Who knows what the truth is? In my experience, the people who are seeking to have you removed make their case as best they can. This includes misrepresenting the truth. For example, I was told I was processing with patients. This is psycho-babble for relating to the patients. In my opinion, it is something a good therapist does. The lesson is dont give them a reason to kick you out. Be paranoid about the intentions of others.  Kafka knew how to deal with it.
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ZigmundZag
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Yeah, the dude sounds all-around creepy, but creepy isn't a bannable offense at a college. If he were a creepy 20-something, she probably wouldn't' have even mentioned it, but since it's an older man she's obviously intimidated.
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Cawlin
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Yukishiro1 posted:
The guy is probably a creepy old man and that is causing them to overreact.
She also sounds crazy though. Afraid to go to the restroom because the guy was in the library?
I think this sounds reasonably plausible and is likely close to the truth.
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I remember in my freshmen English class, we had journal entries that we were free to write anything we wanted on the topic. One of the entries was a response to "What do you hope to gain from this class?" I answered honestly that it was a freshman English class and I didn't expect to learn anything. The teacher held me after class and made me reread it, and i was actually horrified at how douchy i had been. I don't know if it was just stream of conscious, or I didn't expect anyone to read it or what. But she said, "  ou're one if those kids who comes into my class thinking he knows everything and will end up failing."
The class was based on a portfolio grade that a panel looked at, so the teacher had little influence. I got an A, easily. I might have been douchy, but I was right. Didn't learn a God damn thing.
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