Re: Trying to avoid...

[Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>]

Just brainstormin' not startin'
a debate...

> > So here it is... what are some terms that
> > can be used that avoid the negative connotations
> > of these:
> >
> > education ?
> > train     ?
> > teach     ?
> > instruct  ?
> >
> > Seems to me all of the above can be a problem
> > when trying to put a title to what it is
> > I do...
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
>
> Excuse me? I've always known there's an anti-intellectual bias in the
> corporate world, but has it got so bad that "teacher" is a swear word?

Yes, unfortunately even in academia.

HRD->Human Resource Development->trainer
(macho animal trainer) <bletch>

> Whoa. Outside school/university a person who teaches others is commonly
> refered to as an instructor

Academic no Ph.D.

>and I really can't see anything wrong with
> that word. What exactly are the negative connotations you're talking
> about? Maybe I'm blind or hopelessly naive, but I just don't get it.

Instructor not good in biz.

How about this one:

electronic media support???
electronic media specialist???

Need more generic, non-gender specifics.

Pat Gantt
pagantt -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
HRD Instructor--
Introduction to Computers
MS, The University of Tennessee
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