24 Oct
2002
24 Oct
'02
11:03 p.m.
In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0210241939430.17950-100000(a)lanshark.lmi.net>et>, "Fred
C
isin (XenoSoft)" writes:
A few years ago (OK, about 10), I introduced an
internet class to
rtfm.mit.edu (the big FAQ archive). Somebody asked what "RTFM" stood for.
I said, "Read The Fucking Manual". One of the students filed a complaint
that I "was rude and profane in response to a reasonable question".
One summer when I was teaching a summer course for some students
in the 12-14 year old range. One of the students asked a question
where I needed a dummy variable. So for illustration, I naturally
named it dummy. A day or so later the program director approached
me very concerned because the student had reported that I had called
him a dummy.
Brian L. Stuart