Recently I was in a teaching colloquium discussing how to deal with students that engage in inappropriate behaviors. One of the participants spent 20 minutes complaining about the disrespect she receives from students. This included students calling her by her first name rather than Professor and treating her like a peer rather than a professional. She attributed this to the fact that she was young (in her mid-30s) and attractive.
However, this professor showed up at a faculty development workshop wearing short shorts, a top showing her midriff, and flip-flops. Granted she wasn't teaching that day but she was on campus and likely to run into current, past, or future students. In addition, it was my first time meeting her...what impression did she give me and the others attending the colloquium?
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