Posted by alexandra_k on May 1, 2005, at 20:05:14
In reply to Re: ok... i need a good rejection line, posted by rainbowbrite on May 1, 2005, at 19:36:16
> that is so funny that students ask you out. Are you allowed to say yes? Ive been considering it
Hmm. We aren't supposed to date students when they are CURRENT students. Incase there is a conflict of interests with respect to marking / assessment. But I don't think they are too harsh on that... Well, they aren't with the lecturers anyway... But one should hand the marking on to someone else. I have had that before with respect to being given flatmates papers to mark. I just say that I am flatting with them and request that someone else mark them. (Perils of living in a hostel I suppose...). But even if you waited till after that course had finished they could well turn up in another course next semester.
If I really liked someone I guess it wouldn't be a barrier.
But I don't think I would / could. I think of them as students. Most of them are kids. Even the mature students who are older than me. They aren't kids exactly, but they are students to me. Still kids in a way. Does that make sense?
> Maybe Im not all that sensitive when i say things, who knows. I tend to complicate things sometimes and the situation that just happened felt like a disaster!Do you think you hurt him?
>So just being simple and to the point is probably my best bet lol it is more the particular person I supose. Bad timing is good. I wish I had thought quicker yesterday :-) Well at least now Im using my squeaky little brain a bit more lol
Yeah. It is good to have a fairly standard line prepared that can sort of flow off the tongue fairly smoothly and genuinely.
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