By Kim Manahan (Whetstone Staff Writer)
Kim Manahan
You get what you give.
Respect, love, and all of that other fuzzy warm stuff that makes people happy.
I found out that last week, when one of my photographers went to take a picture of the education department for the NCATE story we ran this issue (see page one), he was confronted by one of the professors over there.
I won’t run her name here – I’ll let her figure it out for herself.
But it wasn’t to tell him that he looked nice or that his camera was cool looking.
Instead, she proceeded to make disrespecting and false comments about our adviser to him.
She did this because The Whetstone ran an article in its last issue about the education department losing national accreditation with NCATE.
I will add here that I read back all of the facts and quotes from that story to an administrator who confirmed all of them true before we went to print.
So the story, as everything else I run in The Whetstone, was true.
I am more than happy with him that he stood his ground and exchanged words.
If she would have said these things to me about our adviser, I more than likely would have called her names I cannot print in here and spit on her.
Yes, I have an attitude problem.
Not to mention a short temper.
But so do a lot of other people.
Actually, the last person to complain about my “attitude,†happens to have one just as bad. I would describe this person as pompous, rude, and demeaning.
It doesn’t matter what degree you have, how old you are, what your job is, or how much money you have – but we should all be treating each other “right.â€
Older, younger, richer, poorer – student or teacher – if you are rude or disrespectful to someone, it is going to come right back.
I will not smile and be friendly to a person who treats me badly or puts me down.
And I sure as hell will not show a person who described my adviser the way that this certain education professor did any respect.
In fact, I would like to say this to the anonymous professor: I’m sorry that your department lost its national accreditation, but that doesn’t mean that you can put US down for reporting on it. That’s our job. Not to mention, I was the one who wrote the article, so instead of bad mouthing my adviser, you should come find me, and we will talk if you have an issue with a student newspaper letting the STUDENTS know what is going on around campus. Maybe instead of acting petty and putting down your colleagues, you should focus on improving your department.
But, hey.
I’m just a 22-year-old student who works for an hourly wage off campus.
What does my opinion matter?
