I like "reality check" better On 6 October 2016 at 09:00, E.W. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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