# College student objects to films shown in class **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600 "2011-04-24T23:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600/201 "2011-05-04T22:24:06Z")
Marc, I knew what he was saying, and i get “wooshed” _constantly_ around here! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600/202 "2011-05-05T01:37:00Z")
Wasn’t there some flap a while back about the word _niggardly_? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600/203 "2011-05-05T02:40:15Z")
That was in the Washington, D.C., municipal government some time in the mid-1990s. Someone overheard David Howard a white mayoral aide to Anthony Williams use the word “niggardly” in a private conversation and kicked up a fuss. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600/204 "2011-05-05T12:48:06Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Marc Xenos writes: > > \> Sounds like 4th Grade playground… “Oh yeah? Prove it!” And I’m sure you’re > \> already familiar with the rejoinder. > > No, I’m not. What’s the rejoinder to this? Can we get back to the important questions? What is the rejoinder to this? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600/205 "2011-05-05T20:19:41Z")
In case some of you missed it, the link to the article in the OP is in post #153. * * * Upon rereading it, I am struck by this student’s colossal arrogance and nerve. She complains that she can’t get through college because she has set high moral standards for herself. Well, how in the blue bloody hell is that someone else’s problem? Who told her she had a divine right to be comfortable and unoffended for the duration of her life? I can’t even imagine going to a dept. head or dean to whine about something like this. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600/206 "2011-05-07T03:49:55Z")
Just had a flashback to a human biology or something class in college… We had to watch a film about women giving birth in the squatting position. It was just as graphic as it sounds. My friend nearly passed out, so we escorted her outside to let her recover. Then she went on with the semester, never complained to the prof or admins about it. So yes, there will be uncomfortable and distressing moments in college, but we can survive them–if we want to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-student-objects-to-films-shown-in-class/579600.md?page=10)