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Okay twitter, actual Q, what's your interpretation of "professional" behavior for grad students in seminars? Some of my syllabi vaguely say we're expected to "behave professionally" and a grad friend of mine elsewhere just got dinged for "sometimes unprofessional" participation.
Now we all know this is a hogwash empty phrase designed to enable classism and ableism, but the question is what built-in hidden curriculum is this assuming? What do instructors at a graduate level think they mean by it?
Coming from my background, I thought this maybe meant that you were supposed to wear white collar workplace clothing to class or address instructors w/ formal titles, but that doesn't seem to be it. Is it a question of verbal tone? Posture? Instructor's perception of distraction?
I'm not playing dumb here! Genuinely curious - it can't just be about "polite conversation" contributions, since a large amount of research is outside the realm of polite topics (ie I can't talk about my research without talking about sex and saying the word "penis")
GOODNESS you would think I was subtweeting but I regret to say this relevant abomination has only just crossed my field of vision: https://twitter.com/volsicle/status/1359471096932651009
