This is probably going to be one of the last blogs about what happened yesterday, and I will omit what happened this morning. Instead, now that I can think more clearly, something occurred to me that I feel is important to write down. Let me actually explain to you what happened yesterday: my class has a group chat on WhatsApp, standard stuff.
Now, one of the professors is the particularly unpopular professor of the semester. Standard stuff. Said professor has often been cause for complaint, for various reasons that I will obviously not elaborate here. This time though, some students basically started complaining without the professor having done anything (i.e. actively went to search for reasons to complain). It escalated to the point where they were making fun of the professor, which, admittedly, is standard student behavior. Then, some time later, I (as diplomatically as I could) told them that I didn't approve of what they did. I was rather aggressive though. So... Why did I act? It would have been easy to stay silent, yes? No one would have batted an eye and the world would have moved on. It would have been easy, but it wasn't an option. I don't want it to be an option, not for the current me, not for the future me. I want to stay true to myself, even if I have to sacrifice my social image for it.
For all of yesterday, I couldn't figure out why it was that it felt wrong. No, I knew why, but I just couldn't find convincing arguments. Add in a little dose of social anxiety and voilà, I can't figure out anything conclusive. Even now, I still can't.
What is it that I'm actually trying to accomplish through this blog...
Alright, now that you have the background, here's the question: if the professor was in the chat, then what happened yesterday would have been no different from a group of people beating someone in the streets. Nope, that's wrong. Verbal and physical abuse are different. But basically, what is the difference between the professor being in the chat and not being in the chat?
That's the important question that I don't have an answer to.
Now, one of the professors is the particularly unpopular professor of the semester. Standard stuff. Said professor has often been cause for complaint, for various reasons that I will obviously not elaborate here. This time though, some students basically started complaining without the professor having done anything (i.e. actively went to search for reasons to complain). It escalated to the point where they were making fun of the professor, which, admittedly, is standard student behavior. Then, some time later, I (as diplomatically as I could) told them that I didn't approve of what they did. I was rather aggressive though. So... Why did I act? It would have been easy to stay silent, yes? No one would have batted an eye and the world would have moved on. It would have been easy, but it wasn't an option. I don't want it to be an option, not for the current me, not for the future me. I want to stay true to myself, even if I have to sacrifice my social image for it.
For all of yesterday, I couldn't figure out why it was that it felt wrong. No, I knew why, but I just couldn't find convincing arguments. Add in a little dose of social anxiety and voilà, I can't figure out anything conclusive. Even now, I still can't.
What is it that I'm actually trying to accomplish through this blog...
Alright, now that you have the background, here's the question: if the professor was in the chat, then what happened yesterday would have been no different from a group of people beating someone in the streets. Nope, that's wrong. Verbal and physical abuse are different. But basically, what is the difference between the professor being in the chat and not being in the chat?
That's the important question that I don't have an answer to.