You’re right. They can be acute though.

So do I I mostly don't comment because I try to keep out of some group dynamics here

I, however, have no strong views, so would make a GREAT mod!

Tom

Excuse me while I pick myself up from the floor where I almost died from laughing.

Hope that you survived your "Joe Biden" moment!

Tom

Better than a "Trump" moment

I think there may be a translation/ inference issue. I did not mean to patronize or offend, quite the opposite. I've written advice/support for many colleagues in the past exactly like that and managed not to offend any! Probably helped that feedback was initially given face to face.

Teaching isn't an exact science, i was merely trying to offer strategies. I really am interested in answers to my qus if you have time. Always happy to have a convo about teaching practice etc.

I did.

Obviously some folk on here just love to out the boot in.


I genuinely would like to know why the gender qu bothered you so. If it won't thoroughly piss you off again, obviously.

I agree with Olygirl that gender should have no bearing in a classroom but in my experience it often does, even if only from the side of thd students and what they bring with them into the room.


I used should as in "could" or "might perhaps think about doing..". Which is why I didn't say "you must".

I forget I'm not always writing to native English speakers which is why I aimed for neutral which can come across as cold. I find a lot of posters present as one way but are actually very different.

I'm certainly not saying there is only one way. I was trying to explain that, based on doing this for 16 years, there are often recurrung patterns of behaviour and I'm aware of why your tutor asked "that" question.

Anyway. To recap: apologies for offending. Was not my intention.

Been out, done that (glorious, BTW) and just got back, only to see it hasn't much changed since this morning. Mebbe it's time to close the thread...

Indeed- just went out for a while XC skiing above here- but the bise was still quite cold.

Downhill tomorrow- didn't go this w/end leaving the slopes for those who can't go during the week, away from crowds.

Is this in any way relevant to this thread?

Yes, absolutely.

There's a big difference between having an opinion on a general topic, versus trying to lecture, without having been asked, on a specific situation in the classroom the wannabe-lecturer has next to no information on.

Maybe there was quite enough info if one understood the given scenario. It's entirely possible.

What's the difference when one doesn't have the facts?
Anyways, RufusB has apologised for any misunderstanding, I'm still waiting to see any sign of common sense from others. Actually, I don't. It's highly advisable to just refrain from or stop visiting any thread that has been hijacked the usual way.

There are good teachers and lame ones, you can't expect all of them to be great or bad, just like any other jobs, say a programmer.

My question to you (as a precious local source, really, and rather objective, I think), do you feel discriminated against, as a man here in CH? Do you think that women are seriously discriminated against in CH or distinctly more than other similar countries?

in my experience from people i've hired (100's), women are better negotiators than men. and of the men that negotiate well, a good proportion had wives in the background calling the shots of the negotiation.

there is unfortunately pretty clear statistical evidence that men get paid more more than women slightly (at least in the UK, US and HK where i've seen the data). its only slight and there are LOT of causes of bias in both directions.

men do tend to be more single minded and hence do well in single focus jobs (programmers, quants etc), of which there are more, but women tend to do better as mid - senior managers, of which there are less. of course its a given that exceptions abound.

Well it's at least as relevant as most of the other tangential posts, and you're normally quite keen to turn the discussion to winter sports . Bit of a pot=>kettle=>black moment there, I feel.

It’s as relevant to this thread as your Brexit/vaccine post was in the coronavirus thread but that didn’t seem to bother you.

dont forget obtuse

I don't feel discriminated against, I see no boogeyman. What I do see see are differences, not discrimination, albeit with the balance clearly moving against men predominantly due to the one-year mandatory military service and due to the costs associated with women's longer lives. But generally speaking some stuff is for, other stuff is against, either sex, I'm not alarmed by the entire thing.

My focus is CH. However it would be stupid to ignore what happens in the UK and USA because it's only a question of time until most stuff arrives here. Equality before the law and equal opportunity OTOH has been reality for quite some time now, for 2-5 generations subject to your locality. What you (everybody) do with that is each individual's choice and responsibility. Change your choice if you don't like the outcome and leave me my peace.

One main problem with contemporary feminism, and the reason I consider it toxic, is that its view is completely egocentric and monocausal, there's no nuance and often little to no logic. To this day women are claimed to be the victims of male oppression despite the fact that women hold the majority of the votes, with all the power that brings.

The notion of oppression is in direct contradiction with the fundamental claim that women are equal to men and the power they actually wield. Claiming that they're oppressed is akin to claiming that the women are a little stupid and don't really know what to do with their power.

All that would be rather insignificant if it weren't for their claim that "I want, therefore you have to do xyz", this is the other main problem. I don't particularly care what opinion people hold as long as they don't expect me to do their bidding. This is a general problem with today's left, not just feminism.