Wednesday, July 02, 2008

first class

yep

times have changed a bit

it's a computer science class

in my day, a bastion of sallow/vampire complexion, black dress socks with sandals, jargon speaking, action figure owning geeks

and today - in my first class (only class right now)

my prof is a black woman from somewhere in the Caribbean (or her parents are) judging from her accent. she's in her mid-30s.

about half the class is women (and most of them good looking, make-up wearing, and well dressed [just to confound another stereotype from my earlier era]). most of them are studying engineering...

times have changed in 20 years

good

i'm looking forward to telling my daughter about my first day

5 comments:

Mouthy Girl said...

I'm so happy to hear that you were pleasantly surprised by your first class! Good things are coming your way!

Sicilian said...

Yes times they are a changing Mr. C. . . isn't it nice to see positive steps in our stereotypes. . . . women can be good looking and smart like in the movies.
Ciao

cadbury_vw said...

(worried that i sounded sexist...)

just for the record, some 16-18 years ago when i was last in university, women in computer science were stereotypical women geeks

zero make-up (not that make-up is necessary), bad hair, frumpy clothes

and the guys - well, they're just as bad as before... they look like they get a little more sunlight than in the old days

(remember - i've been in computing since 1982 - i lived/worked with all the stereotypes [and owned action figures myself...])

Anonymous said...

that's hilarous, not sexist, just plain funny...glad you'll have a good learning atmosphere:)

Balloon Pirate said...

good for you! keep looking after yourself.

on previous posts: i think you're right, stbx wants out, and doesn't want to admit she wants out, so she's making the kids scapegoats-- a real 'look what you're making me do' scenario.

Make sure they know that none of this is their fault--that it really doesn't matter what they do, because she's looking for a reason.

good luck.

yeharr