Comments | firebird_88: I feel like a terrible person. -

firebird_88

I feel like a terrible person. -_-

Nov 20, 2008 15:10

Over the summer, we got emails about two professors that died, one of which was a Ph.D student called Stephen Jordon. That name rang a bell in my head because I was in a "Interpretation and Argument" English class about AIDS taught by a great young man called Professor Jordon. I actually recall sitting there, reading the email, and wondering if it ( Read more... )

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kartos November 20 2008, 23:17:33 UTC

Even if you had realized it was him, there's nothing you could have done about it.

Does it matter if he had it or not? I imagine not, and that's one reason I try and be passionate about things that effect someone's life, even if it never touches me. It's effecting someone for the worse, and I should do what I can to help.

firebird_88 November 20 2008, 23:20:56 UTC

I feel like I was ignoring his memory for not even realizing it that it was him that died. :-/ It feels disrespectful for not realizing it sooner.

No, it doesn't matter. I never said it did. I was wondering about it when I was in his class and I'll have to keep wondering about it now that he's gone, since I'll never get a chance to know.

kartos November 20 2008, 23:24:50 UTC

There is a way to find out, since that kind of thing has to be registered for public health and safety. But would you really want to know?

Well, if you didn't know his first name, and you hadn't seen him in a while, it isn't that big of a deal you didn't know. Clearly you remembered what he taught you, and respect his choices on what to do with his life, so really that is more than "enough", as far as I'm concerned. :) You feel sad he died now, so that says it all.

firebird_88 November 20 2008, 23:28:17 UTC

Oh man that feels like I'll be violating his memory if I tried that, lol. Nah, it's just a curiosity that I guess will never go away. *siiiigh*

Yeah, I know. ^^; It wasn't that I didn't like him, I just never bother figuring out what my professor's first names are 'cause they're usually of no relevance to me as long as I just called them professor _____.

*nod* Yeah. I thought it was so admirable for him to admit that he was there when the pandemic started and where the first cases were reported. D: *hug* Thanks.