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From TFA I suggested that she talk to you. I offered to talk to you. I offered to come talk to the class. I offered to send one of my male friends, perhaps a w
by jessedhillon 13y ago
From TFA
I suggested that she talk to you. I offered to talk to you. I offered to come talk to the class. I offered to send one of my male friends, perhaps a well-known local programmer, to go talk to the class.
- yeukhon 13y agoNone of that said she actually did. The previous sentence said she was suggesting all these options to her daughter. edit here: "I consulted with friends — female developers — and talked to my daughter about how to handle the situation in class. I suggested that she talk to you. I offered to talk to you. I offered to come talk to the class. I offered to send one of my male friends, perhaps a well-known local programmer, to go talk to the class. Finally, my daughter decided to plow through, finish the class, and avoid all her classmates. I hate to think what less-confident girls would have done in the same situation. "
- jessedhillon 13y agoOh interesting, I did not interpret it that way but you may be right.
- jimzvz 13y agoIt sounds like the author offered these choices to the child and not to the teacher.
- EdgarVerona 13y agoYep. If a teacher were offered to have a well known software engineer come into their class, I can promise you they'd jump on it - if for no other reason than that it'd give them a break for an hour in their otherwise insane workdays. That was the biggest hint to me that she never actually said this to the teacher himself. What public school teacher wouldn't take her up on that, ever?