A Colleague...
...at BCCC called me "kiddo" the other day. I'm still not sure how I feel about this.
posted by ProfessorDog at 11:34 PM
I teach English (mostly developmental and freshman composition) at Branch Campus of a Community College (BCCC) and Branch Campus of a Major University (BCMU). Sometimes funny things happen. Sometimes infuriating things happen. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
posted by ProfessorDog at 11:34 PM
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I've caught myself refering to our our brand new (young) teachers, "Those kids who are teaching such and such subject..." I don't know how I feel about that either. It's obviously so WRONG. Sorry.
I suppose it depends on who is calling you kiddo, and the sex of the person calling you kiddo, and whether it was meant affectionately. I am Appalachian, and we tend to use a lot of endearments in our conversations, but I am not sure that Kiddo is an expression of endearment. It's not very professional, but, I don't get upset over things like that. Life is too short. :-)
journals.aol.com/hestiahomeschool/HomeschoolingJournal/entries/2006/08/29/endearments-and-dominance-and-submission/5386
I wrote about this in my own blog in the entry above.
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