The Art of Being Understanding

The other day, I got a real test when it came to holding my tongue and trying to remember that everyone makes mistakes. A student at our school with a mental disability that I won't go in to was trying to find a professor that would be accomidating to her needs. When she approached my professor, he said that he would be more than happy to have her since he already had another student just like her in the class. I figured out this was me because he said that this student had a dog. I realize that blindness is a disability. However, I would hardly call that a mental impairment. Therefore, I'm sure you can imagine how I felt about this statement. My first instinct was to approach the professor and explain to him exactly what I thought about this. However, I realized that it would just start a big dispute. Seeing as he is great when it comes to instruction and I'm planning on taking more classes with him, I figured it might be a good idea to not go about it in this way. I decided that it could have been an honest mistake and it would probably not happen again. There are 2 things to be learned from this. The first is to stop and think before immediately getting deffensive with a person. The second would be to not let this kind of treatment continue. For example, if this professor were to continue making such comments about me or any other students, he would definitely be taught that he should conduct himself in a more professional manner. Therefore, it helps to step back and examine a situation before reacting to it, and working out a plan before acting will allways be the better route.