Crying student
Today I had my second crying female student of the semester: made an appointment, sat down, started talking, then lost her composure and began crying.
Every semester I've ever taught, it seems like I end up with a crying female student in my office: mom died; broke up with her fiance; got laid off from her job; or other stuff.
Afterwards the student left, I talked to a (male) colleague about it, and apparently I'm more comfortable with it than he is. Maybe it's being a dad; maybe it's just my general personality.
Regardless, I have a fully-stocked box of tissues on my desk.
I have a wipeboard in my office, where I list my various "To Do" tasks. I'm pretty sure that this is Crying Female Student #2 for the term -- but it might be #3. So I've started a tally in the bottom corner, labeled "CFS". Obscure enough to conceal the meaning to others -- but I'll know.
--GG
posted by Gye Greene @ 9:59 PM
4 Comments:
I always end up with CFC: Crying Female Coworkers. They always corner me in the bathroom. If I kept a tally sheet it'd run out of room in a month or two.
Is there a male parallel to the crying? Like storming out or yelling?
Yes the male version would be SMS (Storming Male Student). Be sure to duck when they throw their text capable mobile device at you.
-GC
Strangely, no. No crying male students, EVER.
One angry male student -- well, more "irritated" than "angry".
--GG
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