Well, it could also be insensitive going around and blabbing about your professor's death in the family. When my grandfather died, the last thing I wanted was for people to come up to me and remind me over and over again what had happened. Perhaps they understood this, and weren't signing the card out of privacy concerns?
Or maybe they thought it was inappropriate coming from them if they didn't know the professor personally? I don't know about you, but if one of my classmates who I wasn't close to [i]at all[/i] walked up to me after my grandfather's passing and tried to console me, I might have smacked them upside the head. It's uncomfortable enough dealing with death; you don't need random people butting into your life, too.
I can appreciate your sentiment. It is very sweet. But you don't know the whole story, and they may not have wanted to call you out for invading your professor's privacy. Calling them assholes is likely going to do the exact opposite of what you were hoping it would do; I doubt they will be kind to you in the future, or that they will track down the professor/card to offer condolences.
Just some food for thought.
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It was an email she sent us. How is that blabbing?
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She sent to you, not to the entire program, correct?
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Just her two 2nd year classes.
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And you guys were telling everyone. Or at least, that's how your post made it seem. That in itself can be considered insensitive; if she wanted everyone to know, she would have sent out a mass email to the entire program. :c
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No. A friend of mine asked if they knew her to most students in our lounge. Most people were chill about it till that incident.
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I still don't think it was right to tell people without her consent. You could be right, though. The women in your class could have refused to sign simply because they're assholes. But they could also have refused to sign for other reasons. You had asked for thoughts, so here are mine.
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Thanks for your input. I have no doubt that they had a stick up their arses. =)