Hi all, Agreed on changing the word to something else. I have been asked before to change my usage of the the word "sane" in a workshop title to an alternative because of the connotations. As Pauline suggested, "expectation check" could work or "reality check" would still get the point across.
Elizabeth On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Elizabeth Permina <[email protected]> wrote: > "insane" is not a medical term, so I don't think it has got anything to do > with abilities and disabilities? > > > > On 6 October 2016 at 07:16, Tracy Teal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very important point, and I'm sorry I overlooked that. Thanks Pauline! >> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Michael Koontz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> +1! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Koontz — website <http://michaeljkoontz.weebly.com/> >>> ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8276-210X >>> >>> Graduate Group in Ecology >>> Plant and Environmental Sciences >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Plant+and+Environmental+Sciences+Bldg,+University+of+California,+Davis,+Davis,+CA+95616/@38.5427751,-121.7570251,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x808529085c693a13:0xe20b0046ee4eb4f7>, >>> Room >>> 2211 >>> University of California, Davis >>> Davis, CA 95616 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 5, 2016, at 10:58 AM, Pauline Barmby <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all - >>> >>> I think “sanity check” could be considered an ableist term, equating >>> “insane” with “bad”. >>> Can I suggest that “expectation check” would be better and also more >>> descriptive? >>> >>> Pauline >>> --- >>> Pauline Barmby >>> Associate Dean, Graduate and Post Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Science >>> Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy >>> Western University >>> [email protected] >>> 519-661-2111 ext 81557 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss >
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