Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Which Gender?

A student had been absent for a few days. At the beginning of the lesson on her first day back she asked for her make-up work. Well, it was the beginning of the lesson in a room full of 32 OTHER students. I told her to ask me after class. She didn't.

Today she says, "Mr, you're not treating me fairly by not giving me my make-up work."
I reminded her that she didn't come to me after class or before class, when the time is appropriate for one-on-one discussions to ask for the work.

She said, "Don't put this on me. This is discrimination." She wasn't really mad, just trying to get me riled up...yanking my chain, so to speak.

She says, "Yeah, you're either racist or sexist."

I said, "Racist or sexist...huh. Sexist, against what gender?"

She got mad. It was awesome.

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