I think I always meant to take that picture, but never did.
That said, I was *enraged* reading the way those men were talking to you.
Later I found out more about the context. One of them had just agreed to come a few days before the training, after what sounds like some significant pressure from his wife and from other people at his church who were desperate for a male co-teacher. When the training started on Friday, he wasn't 100% ready to commit to teaching the course. The other one, apparently he and his wife are pretty much the only adults under 35 who are members at their church, and so their congregation decided that they were a natural fit to teach sex ed despite the fact that they're both kind of conservative and uncomfortable with the material.
So on Friday night, both of them were feeling pretty uncomfortable and unprepared, and probably embarrassed. I can totally see how they wouldn't realize that it would bother me to be teased for being the opposite.
Both of them got over the discomfort and embarrassment as the training continued, and the guy who was on the fence about teaching decided he was ready to commit to it. I actually think he'll be a great teacher.
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Date: 2007-10-24 01:07 pm (UTC)That said, I was *enraged* reading the way those men were talking to you.
Later I found out more about the context. One of them had just agreed to come a few days before the training, after what sounds like some significant pressure from his wife and from other people at his church who were desperate for a male co-teacher. When the training started on Friday, he wasn't 100% ready to commit to teaching the course. The other one, apparently he and his wife are pretty much the only adults under 35 who are members at their church, and so their congregation decided that they were a natural fit to teach sex ed despite the fact that they're both kind of conservative and uncomfortable with the material.
So on Friday night, both of them were feeling pretty uncomfortable and unprepared, and probably embarrassed. I can totally see how they wouldn't realize that it would bother me to be teased for being the opposite.
Both of them got over the discomfort and embarrassment as the training continued, and the guy who was on the fence about teaching decided he was ready to commit to it. I actually think he'll be a great teacher.