So, it seems that the memes were right after-all. >be me >have some position at a uni >be responsible about some fucking millenians and oversee their projects >help them with programming and what not >meetings happen >refer to all of them as "kids" >e.g. the kids' projects are doing fine, we are correcting some memory leaks, refactoring some code etc >ff several weeks >supervisor wants to talk to me >"hey user, don't refer to them as "kids" because they think that they are stupid and they are very disappointed with this situation" >"...we have to encourage them and be supporting"
motherfucker, I've been busting my ass to help them, I've been debugging horribly written code, I've written guidelines on how to properly write code, I've written the most boring and tedious parts of their projects and what do I get in return? complaints. Not only that, but I told them multiple times that in their age I didn't work on such complicated project and that I am really impressed by their work. I've already started separating my self from the group, as I don't want to be part of the circlejerk, I am just attending meetings and nothing more.
t. boomer and a little bit more than 10years older than them
>"hey user, your recent aloofness has been very disconcerting to some of the baccalaureate candidates who feel you aren't taking an adequate interest in their success, and they are very disappointed with this situation"
Is it pertinent to call them kids though? You can call them students if you want to keep up the hierarchical relation.
Lucas Hall
imagine being a 30 year old boomer thinking it's acceptable to call 20 year old university students kids >I've been debugging horribly written code they're uni students, it's expected that their code will be horrendous >I've written the most boring and tedious parts of their projects they're there to learn, not to have 30 year old boomers write parts of their projects for them
David Johnson
they're not kids, you mong, they're students. uni is a professional environment calling someone a kid is really condescending especially in a professional work environment
you're a self entitled boomer at the core, go fuck yourself
t. at the very edge of being a millenial, 33 y/o
Jason Carter
Dude, you're literally a boomer
Charles White
op here, They are not my students and I have nothing to do with their classes or exams. they are 19 and 20 yo and not even able to buy alcohol legally, so technically they are kids, even by the dictionary definition.
those tedious tasks are part of my supervising when they fuck off 1-2 weeks for vacations in-between semesters. The point is that they think I call them kids to make them feel stupid and useless, while I've been busting my self to help them.
If I wanted to keep it strict I would've obliged them to assert me in different ways, e.g. Sir, Mr. etc., rather than being friendly and approach them in a different way. I just said I was.
Jonathan Watson
just cause you help people doesn't give you the right to insult them (even if it is a minor insult)
they are learning. if you're in teaching you're supposed to be encouraging. if you can't do that then don't help out because youre not helping despite you debugging some of their code - someone better would step in and do it
you are the one being a snowflake
Bentley Bennett
where the hell do you see the insult? >supposed to be encouraging have you even read my post? >if you can't do that then don't help out because youre not helping despite you debugging some of their code - someone better would step in and do it clearly pulling shit out of your ass, you haven't read my post. >you are the one being a snowflake Am I a snowflake for having oversensitive understudies? wow, is this opposite day? that's like calling you a nigger and then labeling me as a snowflake. come on, is this the time you kids come back from school? go study.
Jaxon Reyes
>The point is that they think I call them kids to make them feel stupid and useless that's because they do feel stupid and useless, it's bad enough when a 50 year old professor refers to them as kids since it's patronising as fuck but to have someone barely 10 years their senior do it is just insulting >while I've been busting my self to help them and from their pov you're just somebody that refers to them as kids instead of a more formal or professional term and you end up doing work on their projects and rewriting and debugging their code, they don't see the hard work you're doing for them because they see it as you removing their agency and dismissing what could possibly be their hard work, even if that work was shit
