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I wrote an email to Maria, and asked if I'd be crossing a line. I'm always aware that there are lines, and some we shouldn't cross, but I'm never quite certain how close I am to it.
My teacher at UD is from China, and I don't know how many people have seen, but there was a horrendous earthquake at about 2:00 AM EST that has reportedly killed over 8,500 people. The last time, as that news article states, that China had an earthquake with a similar magnitude (7.8, give or take .3), the Chinese government didn't report the true amount of damage until much later.
I wanted to write to my teacher to express my hopes that everyone he knows is okay, that his family still over there (he talks about them often) are hopefully well outside the problem areas.
But...he's my teacher.
On the one hand, I'm an adult. I'm 28, and should be able to express sympathy/whatever you want to call it for his situation. If it were anyone else that I knew, I'd send an email in an instant.
Then, on the other hand, I'm a student. Is it crossing a line to say something to him? Where's the line, here?
Maria suggested I wait until Wednesday, and offer my wishes for well-being to him at class. In the end, I think that's a good idea.
That being said, my heart goes out to those people currently affected by this. I hope that, like many times with bad things, the death toll is being over-reported, and that less people's lives were lost.
My teacher at UD is from China, and I don't know how many people have seen, but there was a horrendous earthquake at about 2:00 AM EST that has reportedly killed over 8,500 people. The last time, as that news article states, that China had an earthquake with a similar magnitude (7.8, give or take .3), the Chinese government didn't report the true amount of damage until much later.
I wanted to write to my teacher to express my hopes that everyone he knows is okay, that his family still over there (he talks about them often) are hopefully well outside the problem areas.
But...he's my teacher.
On the one hand, I'm an adult. I'm 28, and should be able to express sympathy/whatever you want to call it for his situation. If it were anyone else that I knew, I'd send an email in an instant.
Then, on the other hand, I'm a student. Is it crossing a line to say something to him? Where's the line, here?
Maria suggested I wait until Wednesday, and offer my wishes for well-being to him at class. In the end, I think that's a good idea.
That being said, my heart goes out to those people currently affected by this. I hope that, like many times with bad things, the death toll is being over-reported, and that less people's lives were lost.
