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S.L.U.T (have I been wrong for so many years)

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partialderivative · 29/10/2014 18:46

I am a (male) maths teacher, and have been for many many years.

I am now worried about an acronym I use to help my students remember how to draw a certain type of diagram correctly.

It should comprise:

Scale: So that you can read the numbers

Label: So you know what is being measured

Units: On both axis

Title: Every diagram need a title to be complete.

Every year this has been greeted with hilarity by all my students, and I am sure it has helped many of them feel confident that they have covered all the points that will be marked. It is not something that they forget.

Of course, I make no reference to the 'meaning' of slut in other contexts, and I would challenge any student who took that opportunity

I think I know what the responses are going to be. But it just doesn't feel that outrageous in the classroom. Everyone laughs, and the lesson carries on.

(I haven't NC, so you can check if you think I have a history of sexism or misogyny.)

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dreamingbohemian · 29/10/2014 19:04

Are you for real?

SLUT is clearly inappropriate and LUST is creepy. You don't actually need to use mnemonics you know.

I find it depressing you've been doing this for years and no one has ever called you on it.

MyFabulousBoys · 29/10/2014 18:57

Because I think lust sounds weird coming from a male teacher. Or female.

MyFabulousBoys · 29/10/2014 18:56

I don't usually come on here and don't know if this is a goading post but instead could you use the phrase "Name/label so you know what is being measured" and then the acronym is N.U.T.S ?

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 29/10/2014 18:56

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partialderivative · 29/10/2014 18:56

LUST it shall be from this day forward.

Thank you all for being so creative, just as much impact, nowhere near the baggage!

(Yes, mea culpe, Axes it should have been)

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BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 29/10/2014 18:55

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SingleForever · 29/10/2014 18:52

Wow, that must make your female students feel like shit. It's a word that is only applied to females and it is derogatory.
It is outrageous, use lust instead if you really must.

Oh and the plural of axis is axes.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 29/10/2014 18:51

By which I mean, L U S T is a perfect solution to your problem, rude enough to be memorable but not offensive.

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 29/10/2014 18:50

I think Buckskinned has solved this one nicely OP. Case closed. Nothing to see here.

SugarAndSpice126 · 29/10/2014 18:49

If it's so casual and totally irrelevant to the word's meaning, would you feel comfortable using words such as n*gger too?

BuckskinnedAstronaut · 29/10/2014 18:48

Can you tell us why you don't use L.U.S.T. ?

And then can you explain why the same arguments don't apply to S.L.U.T.?

partialderivative · 29/10/2014 18:47

Only asking this evening as I hadn't questioned it before.

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