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Banned
Okay, so I have an English professor who makes far too many sexual comments, and cusses on occasion. I am writing her an email to express my concern with the out-of-line comments she makes in class. I was wondering if you guys could just take a look at it - should I even send it? I would have said something earlier but was worried it could jeopordize my grade. But now, I just have to get it off my chest, this woman needs to clean up her lectures. My email explains the jist of things:
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Hi (prof),
I'd like to share my thoughts on a few of the class lectures.
Today, when you were reading the anonymous reviews, I feel that you took things a little too far. Personally, I don't use language like that, and although I judge people by their actions, when people talk with "filler" I tend to take them less seriously. I was not particularly offended, but rather surprised that you chose to repeat the entire comments.
I understand you didn't write any of the reviews, but it really wasn't necessary to include all the expletives to get the point across. I think you could have easily made the same point by only quoting (PG-13) excerpts, or at least substituting the nasty words with "bleeps." I also find it pathetic that the ratings site does not have a simple filter. It's only a few lines of code. I'm going to contact them about that.
There was another lecture about a week or two ago that also disappointed me along these lines. I remember you stated that you felt uncomfortable explaining the sexual innuendos in a magazine advertisement. Yet, minutes later you read some of the most raunchy surveys I have ever heard. Honestly, I don't even talk about that stuff with my closest friends. It's stuff you keep in the bedroom. I didn't see the correlation of the surveys to the lecture, or any value that it added to the discussion. You could have merely stated that men and women now have unrealistic expectations of each other in relationships and sex because of the high ideals set by modern advertising. It boggled my mind that you were hesistant to talk about a woman in a Sky vodka ad, and then had no problem reading those nasty, pornographic stories.
I was somewhat cringing when you read off the comments today, and those surveys in the past lecture. I think the sexual comments were awkward for the whole class. I'm 22, and although I'm not always as outspoken as I should be, I'm surely older and probably more experienced in life than others in the class.
My concern is that I don't want the younger students, particularly the girls, to hear things that could corrupt their innocence. As far as I know, American society and culture already influences women to have enough whor-ish tendencies as it is. Unfortunately, most American women are hors anyway, and although I don't know any of the girls from the class well enough to judge, I doubt they need any additional ideas corrupting their minds.
I think you're a great professor, and as I stated today, one of the qualities that make a class enjoyable is teacher that is enthusiastic about the subject - you are indeed very passionate, and I appreciate that your class is never boring.
I hope you can see my feedback as some constructive criticism, and perhaps keep it in mind for future lectures.
Thanks,
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Thanks for any advice/comments.
edit: By the way, she is in her mid-thirties, and a single mother. Yesterday she spent HALF of our lecture time talking about an ex-boyfriend. I get the idea she's sexually frustrated. Still, it does not give her an excuse to spew her personal life during class time or talk about sex when it's not even relevant.
Oh, and by the way, to the guys on the board who think women are not horny - this post may be a nice read for you. This is my damn college professor, not even the girls in my classes.
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Hi (prof),
I'd like to share my thoughts on a few of the class lectures.
Today, when you were reading the anonymous reviews, I feel that you took things a little too far. Personally, I don't use language like that, and although I judge people by their actions, when people talk with "filler" I tend to take them less seriously. I was not particularly offended, but rather surprised that you chose to repeat the entire comments.
I understand you didn't write any of the reviews, but it really wasn't necessary to include all the expletives to get the point across. I think you could have easily made the same point by only quoting (PG-13) excerpts, or at least substituting the nasty words with "bleeps." I also find it pathetic that the ratings site does not have a simple filter. It's only a few lines of code. I'm going to contact them about that.
There was another lecture about a week or two ago that also disappointed me along these lines. I remember you stated that you felt uncomfortable explaining the sexual innuendos in a magazine advertisement. Yet, minutes later you read some of the most raunchy surveys I have ever heard. Honestly, I don't even talk about that stuff with my closest friends. It's stuff you keep in the bedroom. I didn't see the correlation of the surveys to the lecture, or any value that it added to the discussion. You could have merely stated that men and women now have unrealistic expectations of each other in relationships and sex because of the high ideals set by modern advertising. It boggled my mind that you were hesistant to talk about a woman in a Sky vodka ad, and then had no problem reading those nasty, pornographic stories.
I was somewhat cringing when you read off the comments today, and those surveys in the past lecture. I think the sexual comments were awkward for the whole class. I'm 22, and although I'm not always as outspoken as I should be, I'm surely older and probably more experienced in life than others in the class.
My concern is that I don't want the younger students, particularly the girls, to hear things that could corrupt their innocence. As far as I know, American society and culture already influences women to have enough whor-ish tendencies as it is. Unfortunately, most American women are hors anyway, and although I don't know any of the girls from the class well enough to judge, I doubt they need any additional ideas corrupting their minds.
I think you're a great professor, and as I stated today, one of the qualities that make a class enjoyable is teacher that is enthusiastic about the subject - you are indeed very passionate, and I appreciate that your class is never boring.
I hope you can see my feedback as some constructive criticism, and perhaps keep it in mind for future lectures.
Thanks,
____________________________________
Thanks for any advice/comments.
edit: By the way, she is in her mid-thirties, and a single mother. Yesterday she spent HALF of our lecture time talking about an ex-boyfriend. I get the idea she's sexually frustrated. Still, it does not give her an excuse to spew her personal life during class time or talk about sex when it's not even relevant.
Oh, and by the way, to the guys on the board who think women are not horny - this post may be a nice read for you. This is my damn college professor, not even the girls in my classes.
