> "I once had a student who would review notes with me that he had taken on my lecture, then offer tips on how I could improve. It seems he thought he was doing

> "I once had a student who would review notes with me that he had taken on my lecture, then offer tips on how I could improve. It seems he thought he was doing me a favor, despite the fact that I had been teaching for six years by then. I doubt that this is an experience that many of my male colleagues have ever had to endure." This passage makes me deeply uncomfortable. It sounds like that student was extremely engaged, hungry for knowledge, verification, and possibly validation. He may also have been trying to make the world a better place. That disappeared through a lens of race, gender, and social role issues. Something built a wall between her and her students. That's crushingly sad.