Unprofessionalism

[deborahlane]

As a teacher, is it possible to be unprofessional in a situation where you are the pupil, during your private, non-school-related life?

My science tutor accused me of being unprofessional today.

Comments

[lea724]

What happened that he/she called you that?

[deborahlane]

She isn't a particularly...polite teacher. She is condescending to quite a few people in the class. I pointed this out to her (long story: I did it privately, but after she mentioned something else, blah, blah, blah) in not so many words and she said that she thought that I had been (in the past, during lessons) unprofessional. When I questioned her about how in my private personal life I could be unprofessional, she said, "You're a teacher." I said that I wasn't in this situation. And she said that that didn't matter...

*shrug*

I just don't see it.

[lea724]

That's really obnoxious of her. I'm sorry. :(

[deborahlane]

Eh. I'm not bothered. I just wondered whether it was actually possible.

[lea724]

Ahh! Damn comments everywhere. (please delete my anonymous one up above)

I don't think it is.

[deborahlane]

Sorry about the multiple messages and deletes. I made a spelling error in the first and didn't want to leave it. Then the lack of symmetry bothered me, so I had to fix them and put them in the right order!

[lea724]

It's no problem. I knew exactly why you had done it. :) I would've wanted the same symmetry fixed as well.