So this is more of a vent then anything else. And I promise I am not trying to open the religion can of worms.
I am taking an online, non-lab biology class through my school. Since we can not do dicussions in class, we have an online forum that we are required to post on. This weeks topic is genetics. One of the articles was about using technology to eventually be able to find defective genes that mutate and cause dieseases and cancer, and being able to fix them or get rid of them. I post this long dicussion about how I would use the screening, because my SO is a type 1 diabetic, and it also runs in my family. So then someone posts that diabetes isn't that big of a deal. WOAH. So, trying to clarify my point, I describe how he has gone blind, had to have part of the muscle in his leg removed becuase that is the only place he could give himself his shots, the constant, almost daily highs and lows, how he goes so low that he should have been in a diabetic coma and died. There is a lot more, but I don't feel like getting into it all. (he has really poor control of it, and almost always has).
This girl responds with, well God makes people how he wants them, so he wants your SO to have to deal with this, and he must want him to die.
WHAT????? Are you kidding me?? I told him that she was lucky it was an online class or I may have ended up spending my birthday in jail!
The prof moderates them...but said that becuase she made a generalization "God makes people how he wants them" it seemed like she was using my comment to make her point. She said that I should talk to her...but I doubt that I would be able to do it without freaking out on her. And I am not going to to give her the satisfaction of knowing she upset me. Even though she did. It's just really frustrating...I can not even tell you the amount of times that people have said, oh its not really a big deal. You don't have it why is it your problem. Things like that. But it is. I deal with it, not as bad as he does, but it still effects me. I have to give him his shots every night becuase his legs are so shot from taking inslulin shots for 20 years that he can't do them...I am trying to get him to get a pump, but he feels like it would make him look and feel like a freaky sideshow....
Sorry that went waaaay off the topic lol. Thanks so much for your support guys...you have no idea how nice it feels to have someone in your corner.
I have a friend who is diabetic. We are both middle aged mom's now, but when we were in middle school she got a pump. You COULDN'T even tell she was wearing it. It eliminated all the needle sticks, and she said it gave her more freedom to do what she wanted. Have him research it on the net....I think he would really be happy with the pump. She is still using it, and wouldn't do anything else.
The prof moderates them...but said that becuase she made a generalization "God makes people how he wants them" it seemed like she was using my comment to make her point. She said that I should talk to her...but I doubt that I would be able to do it without freaking out on her.
Your prof is a wuss. Professors have an obligation to reign in students saying hurtful stuff. I say that as a former university professor. Sorry you had to deal with this twerp. If at all possible, just ignore her future ravings.
THAT GIRL'S RESPONSE WAS TOTALLY OUT OF LINE :angryfire... I too take online classes and have came across some very immature people. It sounds to me that she is indeed VERY YOUNG and inconsiderate of other people's feelings. I would forward that discussion to my professor and ask them to take care of it. That to me was a down right mean and uncalled for response to you about your husband. SHAME ON HER !!!!
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Munchkin, it's not you!
Liddle Noodnik
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I'm with all the other ones who said she was an idiot.
(((((((((((((( Munchkin and dh ))))))))))
Does the instructor moderate the discussion? How did you respond? Probably HER good fortune this class was not "live"!!