Profanity and Teachers

[Jason76]

When any of your teachers use profanity, does that lower your respect for them? Of course, it's common and legal for college professors to use bad language. However, high school and middle school teachers also use it sometimes.

Of course, note you don't have to be religious to use clean language, and no matter what religious background you have, one should gain more respect from students by avoiding the appearance of being trashy or vulgar.

Does anyone feel profanity is macho and "gets the point across" better than clean language? Is it necessary for standup comedians to use profane language to be effective?

 

[dogtowner]

Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcefully.
Spencer W Kimball

 

[Johnny Tremain]

When any of your teachers use profanity, does that lower your respect for them? Of course, it's common and legal for college professors to use bad language. However, high school and middle school teachers also use it sometimes.

Of course, note you don't have to be religious to use clean language, and no matter what religious background you have, one should gain more respect from students by avoiding the appearance of being trashy or vulgar.

Does anyone feel profanity is macho and "gets the point across" better than clean language? Is it necessary for standup comedians to use profane language to be effective?

ANY teaching contract should say--
"If you use profanity in front of your students that is provable and corroborated--you will be FIRED immediately and all benefits ended--you and your union have the right to dispute it in civil court". You will be escorted off the property.

If they oppose this--then they should NOT sign the contract and seek employment elsewhere.
It is so simple. Liberalism has destroyed the very concept of right and wrong.
It must be driven from the education system.

If profanity is what you really MUST do--there are many job titles where it is usually allowed.
Roofers I have known--do it all the time. Painters, carpenters as well. Good jobs with good pay.

 

[Jason76]

Generally, most of the cussing in middle and high school was done by football coaches. Apparently they think talking to the students wasn't any different than talking to the football team. However, it was also trashy to speak to the team that way, especially at that age.

As far as university goes, it seems like the students didn't care, especially if the teacher is good at the subject. However, that could have been a bad thing. I remember some graduate student coming in and teaching a Calculus II class. He would cuss every other second, and I thought it wasn't appropriate, but it seemed like the students enjoyed him more than the regular teacher. Perhaps this would be a critique of the declining morals of the students as well.

 

[Aus22]

It surely more important that the teacher know his subject han the language he uses> Must he must respect the students

 

[Jason76]

I'm not saying I always don't have any respect for cussing teachers, only that sometimes my respect is somewhat lower. For instance, I had a computer professor who occasionally said vulgar language, but for sure he knew his material and he did respect the students. I think the main problem with guys like that, usually the American football fan type, is sometimes they're too relaxed and easygoing. They don't understand the professional nature of their job sometimes.

 

[dogtowner]

There is really no reason for teachers to use vulgarity but if there must be some then college could tolerate it.

 

[pwarbi]

I think the context it's used in matters a lot also, and sometimes the use of such words can be used in a story to make it funnier, or to get a specific point across.

If they're using it in every sentence or because they can't find the right way to say something without profanity, then that does bring into question their intelligence.

 

[Gnostic Christian Bishop]

When any of your teachers use profanity, does that lower your respect for them? Of course, it's common and legal for college professors to use bad language. However, high school and middle school teachers also use it sometimes.

Of course, note you don't have to be religious to use clean language, and no matter what religious background you have, one should gain more respect from students by avoiding the appearance of being trashy or vulgar.

Does anyone feel profanity is macho and "gets the point across" better than clean language? Is it necessary for standup comedians to use profane language to be effective?

Some things do deserve to be cursed at.

Take the homophobia and misogyny that Islam and Christianity continue to produce.

Now that deserves all the shit we can pile on as their habit stinks to high heaven. Even God is getting fed up with so called religious men. Shame on all men who are not feminists.

Regards
DL

 

[Jason76]

Some things do deserve to be cursed at.

Take the homophobia and misogyny that Islam and Christianity continue to produce.

Now that deserves all the shit we can pile on as their habit stinks to high heaven. Even God is getting fed up with so called religious men. Shame on all men who are not feminists.

Regards
DL

We can always try to do what we can to oppose stuff we don't like. However, common sense should be a guide. We must also accept we won't change some people, because the cultural influence is too strong. The best course of action is take a stand when appropriate, and try to avoid certain people we know we can't change. Even in my conservative area, some people are going against the grain in public daily.

 

[pwarbi]

Why does nearly every thread get dragged into a religious slanging match, especially considering the forum is called house of politics, and this thread started off nothing at all to do with religion?

 

[samsara15]

Profanity and religion are closely related. Even sexual profanity is considered to be offensive because our sexual mores began as religious taboos. So there are good reasons why religion should come up in a thread such as this one.

 

[Jason76]

I'm not sure if some stuff people say is profane or just inappropriate. For instance, I'm not interested in hearing about sex from most professors. It would especially seem silly coming from a math professor. Of course, sex would relate to some subjects, assuming it was taught in a respectful manner. However, what if the teacher wanted to be a perv or a jackass? Iv'e seen it happen at university.

 

[Gnostic Christian Bishop]

We can always try to do what we can to oppose stuff we don't like. However, common sense should be a guide. We must also accept we won't change some people, because the cultural influence is too strong. The best course of action is take a stand when appropriate, and try to avoid certain people we know we can't change. Even in my conservative area, some people are going against the grain in public daily.

Those who fear conflict are cowards who die often. If one has a cause, it is the hard-headed that he should seek out so as to perfect an argument that the less brainwashed will understand.

Oftentimes, as here, the lurkers as well as the poster are the actual target and not the one being addressed.

Regards
DL

 

[Gnostic Christian Bishop]

I'm not sure if some stuff people say is profane or just inappropriate. For instance, I'm not interested in hearing about sex from most professors. It would especially seem silly coming from a math professor. Of course, sex would relate to some subjects, assuming it was taught in a respectful manner. However, what if the teacher wanted to be a perv or a jackass? Iv'e seen it happen at university.

If at university, a student needs sexual guidance, then I am afraid it is already too late for him.

Regards
DL