[Haseeb left a long comment (sorry it does not seem to be possible to link directly to it) Here is an edited version (I have removed sentences but believe I hav

[Haseeb left a long comment (sorry it does not seem to be possible to link directly to it) Here is an edited version (I have removed sentences but believe I have preserved some key points) To be clear I don't know Haseeb and have never met him, but I thought his comments helped to put aspects of the original post in context. I don't know that they are true but they are posted under his LinkedIn ID.] Hey Faye, Someone linked me to your article that you posted on LinkedIn Pulse about me. First off, your article is completely fair. Though this took place about 6 months ago, it's something that weighed heavily on me when it happened. I never reached out to you to discuss it personally, though I don't think that was my fault. Let me explain. [...] That presentation was the first time that I realized I'd said something flagrantly sexist. I'd written the slides about 30 minutes before the presentation and never read them aloud to anyone. I immediately felt ashamed when I read them aloud, because I knew it was a sexist line that I should've immediately deleted and re-written. So when you pointed out that it was sexist, I hoped that the best way I could concede the point would be to acknowledge you were correct and fix it in front of everyone. After the presentation, I was pretty ashamed. I wasn't really sure what to do about it, because I thought two things: one, I made a point to fix the presentation, so was that enough? Should I have done something else? Second, should I apologize to you personally? But would that be weird? You weren't the only woman in the crowd; should I go apologize to every woman? Would that be even weirder? I wasn't sure what to do, so I decided I'd wait for lecture feedback. [...] When Ned took me aside a few days later and told me about receiving an anonymous e-mail about it, it made me feel even worse. He didn't tell me which female student it was, but his conversation had confirmed both that someone was strongly affected by this incident, and that I hadn't done enough to address it. Ned did not tell me who you were. I told Ned to let whoever had sent that message know that I'd be happy to apologize to them personally if that was something they'd be open to. I also would've hoped to ask what I could do best to address it to the rest of the class. I never heard back. So the personalized apology you said never came, was because Ned rightly did not reveal who you were unless you wanted to communicate with me directly. Though I didn't hear anything more about it, that incident affected me very strongly, and made me much more vigilant to be thoughtful about my language and what biases I bring to my teaching at App Academy. I decided that if I were ever to make a mistake like that again, the best thing to do would be to call it out and openly address it as a mistake after the lecture, and apologize explicitly to the students. [...] There's a lot in your post I don't agree with (no surprise there). I also don't think Ned was in the wrong in any way here, and I think it's unfair for you to paint him as having been complicit in anything untoward. But mostly I want to say, I'm sorry. I'm sorry both that this happened and made you feel unwelcome at App Academy, and also that I wasn't able to make it right after it did. Sincerely, Haseeb