Apparently I am a Racist...

[BRWombat]

That teacher is horrible, CMGuy. Apparently it's more important to avoid perfectly reasonable questions or comments that might possibly offend someone, than it is to publicly berate and humiliate a person.

There have been many good suggestions already. I'd probably use humor and sarcasm to make the point (and return the favor) -- asking the teacher loudly, "Is tact your first language?" or waiting until the teacher makes some (other) offensive comment and jumping all over her with the same tone and language she used with you. It's a lot easier to deal with other's stupidity when you can turn it back on them.

[Goofyernmost]

Want to know how ridiculas it can get? The other day an entire organization consisting of some 100 adults were held hostage by a rock throwing 8 year old. He stood outside and threw rocks at the windows, shattering many of them while a bunch of "politically (stupid) excuse me, correct" grown ups stood inside helpless.

Want to know why? Because he was out of control and it would cause him harm if an adult, that he trusted, went out and stopped him or made him accountable for his actions. As it was, the police had to be called to subdue an 8 year old. When the Police had to grab him by the arm to put him in a patrol car, one of the onlookers, had to go home because the shock of seeing the child "grabbed like that" was more than they could stand. I don't hold much for the future of this country. We don't need an enemy we are destroying ourselves by one wimpy action at a time.

[Shorty82]

Totally Stupid of that instructor....Same mentality that accuses 5 year olds of "sexual harassment" if they don't pull up their pants entirely while leaving the bathroom stall at school....

Where you are from could account for a multitude of grammatical differences, as pointed out in another thread on this board.

Sexual harassment? Tell that to the little boy I saw today in a restroom in the MK. He dropped his pants and underwear to the floor to use a urinal! Gave every guy in there a good view of his backside.

[Randy B]

Reminds me of a group secretary years ago. You couldn't say anything around her without her accusing you of making a "sexist" remark. She nailed me one day for something that was no where near being sexist. I looked her in the eye and replied, "That in merely your opinion." She never pulled out the sexist card again.

My response would have been, "it wasn't sexist or sexual until it passed through your dirty mind. The fault isn't my words but your dirty mind giving it a nasty twist and thus I may have to report YOUR comments as sexist or sexual harassment, as the unacceptable content came from YOU."

Randy

[DisneyMom]

My response would have been, "it wasn't sexist or sexual until it passed through your dirty mind. The fault isn't my words but your dirty mind giving it a nasty twist and thus I may have to report YOUR comments as sexist or sexual harassment, as the unacceptable content came from YOU."

Randy

HAHA, that reminded me of someone I worked with years back....Being a health care facility with mostly women, one gal had a copy of the MENstruation,MENopause,MENtal stress joke, notice how all our problems start with MEN joke so Big Weenie complains about sexual harassment.....
Supervisor had to "talk' to co-worker about it. So what does complainer do next? Brings the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue to work and shows it to our male clients Us ladies complained it made us feel "harassed" and inadequate! :twisted: Mwahahaha! Of course it didn't, but he shut up after that! :)

[hobie16]

My response would have been, "it wasn't sexist or sexual until it passed through your dirty mind. The fault isn't my words but your dirty mind giving it a nasty twist and thus I may have to report YOUR comments as sexist or sexual harassment, as the unacceptable content came from YOU."

I like that!

HAHA, that reminded me of someone I worked with years back....Being a health care facility with mostly women, one gal had a copy of the MENstruation,MENopause,MENtal stress joke, notice how all our problems start with MEN joke so Big Weenie complains about sexual harassment.....
Supervisor had to "talk' to co-worker about it. So what does complainer do next? Brings the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue to work and shows it to our male clients Us ladies complained it made us feel "harassed" and inadequate! :twisted: Mwahahaha! Of course it didn't, but he shut up after that! :)

Excellent! :twisted:

[BRWombat]

HAHA, that reminded me of someone I worked with years back....Being a health care facility with mostly women, one gal had a copy of the MENstruation,MENopause,MENtal stress joke, notice how all our problems start with MEN joke so Big Weenie complains about sexual harassment.....
Supervisor had to "talk' to co-worker about it. So what does complainer do next? Brings the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue to work and shows it to our male clients Us ladies complained it made us feel "harassed" and inadequate! :twisted: Mwahahaha! Of course it didn't, but he shut up after that! :)

I still laugh at a sign the court clerks, females all, put up on the employee bulletin board soon after the Anita Hill sleaze-fest: "Sexual Harassment will not be tolerated. However, it will be graded!" :D:

[felinefan]

Speaking of being overly politically correct, and related asninity, I remember one time reading about this little girl bringing a cake for a fellow student's birthday to school, and there was a knife with it so they could cut the cake. She got in trouble for bringing a "weapon" to school--the plastic knife! Excuse me, what were they supposed to cut the cake with?

Now I understand they won't allow people to bring cakes in because of their no junk food rules! Oh, please! The worst thing that can happen is some kid with allergies might have a reaction, but a bunch of kids are not gonna get fat from a sliver of birthday cake! And if they bring in a cake once a month for a class birthday party for the kids born in that month, that's nine pieces of cake--and the way kids burn off energy these days running around, they won't have to worry about getting fat from it!

In my day, we ate candy, cake, pie, and drank soda that was made with sugar, not corn sweeteners, and most of us didn't get fat from it! We ate chips, popcorn, Cracker Jacks, and other stuff, but you know what? We ate it in moderation. That's the difference. Of course, we didn't have video games, computers, etc.., we played outside alot to burn off calories. We had physical education classes to give us even more opportunity to burn off the extra calories.

Nowadays, kids can't go out to play because half of them live in dangerous neighborhoods, they're exposed to material too adult for them, as well as conflicting messages in the media. The schools have taken away stuff we took for granted, like vocational counselors, school nurses, janitors, and cafeteria food that you could actually eat. They claim there's no money in the budget for music, arts, physical education, etc., but by George they sure have enough money to buy scanners, campus police, etc..

In my day, quite a few kids would bring pocket kniives to school, and I do not recall anybody using them as weapons. And I think it's really strange that the California lottery is supposed to help the schools, yet our schools are among the worst in the nation. At one time the were among the best. Where's all the lottery money from sales of tickets really going? I don't think it's going for prizes.

I hear there's a movie out in limited release, called "Expelled"--it's supposed to be about people who chose to tell the truth about the way things are, and ran afoul of the powers that be for it. Should be very educational.

Anyway, sorry about the rant. Anyone wanna buy a slightly used soapbox? ;)

[hobie16]

And I think it's really strange that the California lottery is supposed to help the schools, yet our schools are among the worst in the nation. At one time the were among the best. Where's all the lottery money from sales of tickets really going? I don't think it's going for prizes.

That's because the state determined the schools were getting so much Tax On The Stupid money they could cut back on funding. Net result? Less money overall for schools.