My anxiety kept creeping up while I was listening to the other students give a short oral presentation on their research paper's topic in the final class of Engl 201A. I was waiting for someone to say something insensitive.
One girl incorrectly use the word "schizophrenia," which is honestly a common mistake. Many don't understand how it is a thought disorder, or even what that means.
Regardless, I wanted to speak up and correct her misconception--because no one else was going to. But I quickly realized that it would make me look like an asshole, and it would embarrass her.
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