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[bardic_lady]

Pissed as all hell right now, no one wants to get in my way for at least the next twenty minutes because I make no promises about my behavior. Not only is Food and Culture pointless and stupid, it's offensive. We were dealing with DES and cancer today. Y'all know where I am in the scheme of cancer-related things right now. So, having hick idiot clASSmate #1 going "Well, we don't know it causes cancer, I'd have to see the tumor, and it better be a big tumor" does not leave me in a happy place. Having the entire class, professors included, laugh like this is the funniest thing anyone's ever said leaves me in the Kill-Maim-Destroy place. Is asking for low-level sensitivity really so much to ask?

In a couple hours, I'll be reasonable again and understand that they don't have first hand knowledge of this kind of thing and they don't really understand the kind of impact that sort of thing has and I'll get over it. Right now though, I'm going to be pissed as all frakking hell.

Comments

[cupiecake.livejournal.com]

it's completely appropriate, in that case, to get up, pack your things, and leave the room. maybe - but you don't have to - send your prof an email afterwards explaining.

people are dumb about things they are unfamiliar with, sometimes.

[kitmarlowe.livejournal.com]

Even if they don't have first-hand experience of this sort of thing, they're still wankers. It doesn't take the Nobel Prize to realise that it's a SENSITIVE SUBJECT.

I hope you're feeling a bit better now xxxx