Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:16 PM

I got an email today from a student, saying she has to drop my course [View all]

because the Kavanaugh hearings brought back so many bad memories she can't concentrate

I know my own subject --- but it's not psychology, and I'm really not competent to deal with this stuff

When teaching, I keep my own political views in the background, so I almost never hear about how the political climate affects people

I'd guess a lot of people are angry and hurting right now

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I got an email today from a student, saying she has to drop my course [View all]	struggle4progress	Oct 2018	OP
I think it has kicked us all	MuseRider	Oct 2018	#1
Yes. it has been overwhelming for many of us.	SharonAnn	Oct 2018	#17
I am very angry	blue cat	Oct 2018	#2
Give your student the benefit of the doubt.	DemocracyMouse	Oct 2018	#3
My son's psychiatrist broached the subject with me, but we	Ilsa	Oct 2018	#4
I've been extremely triggered by the things talking heads and our President are saying...	moriah	Oct 2018	#5
I actually did forward the student such info, after a brief discussion with several women on campus	struggle4progress	Oct 2018	#33
Yup. Not just students.	Ms. Toad	Oct 2018	#6
I think we had a collective nervous breakdown.	WhiteTara	Oct 2018	#7
we are	handmade34	Oct 2018	#11
I think	bdamomma	Oct 2018	#12
I was with a group of women tonight	WhiteTara	Oct 2018	#15
I'm a man and waking up in the night in terror.	lagomorph777	Oct 2018	#25
This is a very difficult time.	WhiteTara	Oct 2018	#29
also...	handmade34	Oct 2018	#31
Oh, brilliant! My next move	WhiteTara	Oct 2018	#32
I do too,	luvtheGWN	Oct 2018	#20
My friend, a therapist, likened this to having an unsafe parent	lapislzi	Oct 2018	#30
The student actually described her feelings in similar language	struggle4progress	Oct 2018	#34
You're describing my father.	byronius	Oct 2018	#36
Can you give Incomplete grades?	Blue_true	Oct 2018	#8
I bet student requests to speak with a psychologist	Lars39	Oct 2018	#9
Most campuses have a rape crisis center	FakeNoose	Oct 2018	#10
Those of us who have been victimized	lunatica	Oct 2018	#13
Wow! I'm glad you told us of this	ProudLib72	Oct 2018	#14
The things he says and does... I know we should all be immune by now	ecstatic	Oct 2018	#16
They are normalizing abuse	IronLionZion	Oct 2018	#18
Teachers are paramount.	mahannah	Oct 2018	#19
For whatever it is worth,	Stonepounder	Oct 2018	#21
my feelings exactly	Hermit-The-Prog	Oct 2018	#22
I want to thank folk in this thread for many useful suggestions	struggle4progress	Oct 2018	#23
Seems like a perfectly valid reason do drop.	MineralMan	Oct 2018	#24
Acknowledge email and maybe offer assistance you know of through the school . Some schools have	lunasun	Oct 2018	#26
What do you teach?	panader0	Oct 2018	#27
Various mathematical topics	struggle4progress	Oct 2018	#35
I'm pissed off and embarrassed that this POS is being fast tracked to the Supreme Court.	Initech	Oct 2018	#28