Teachers, would you punish students for saying the words “blood" and “vomit" in class?
Hi, so I'm a first year university student and something awful happened in class today. The prof asked me why I didn't wish to become a doctor (I had pursued pre-medical subjects in highschool but switched fields in uni) and I panicked because he called onto me very suddenly.
I was so confused and scared cuz the prof has a reputation of biting students' heads off for saying the wrong thing that I blurted out the first thing that came in my mind: “Because I vomit when I see blood"
And then the professor called me disgusting, uneducated, uncultured and how women nowadays are not taught to be reserved in men's presence and are not taught etiquettes. And the entire class laughed.
I'm home and his words keep ringing in my ears and I've been crying ever since and I just feel so awful and confused and upset.
So, teachers, did I really cross a line in class? Did I really say a vulgar thing? Would you embarrass a student in class for saying those words? I get that it might not be a formal response but I was just so panicked that I said the first thing that came in my head.
I've never had male teachers before I went to an all-girls' school and like I said, I'm from a pre-medical background so back there we used to say this kind of stuff in front of teachers all the time. Heck, no one even batted an eye at ‘sex' too.
My day was awful but I hope you have a great one! I'm not sure if such posts are allowed here but thanks for taking out the time to read this! 💕💕💕