Definitely not being elitist. It is elitist for OP to assume they need to “educate” individuals in jail because they’re a nurse. I’m a social worker and have worked with people of all backgrounds including incarcerated. I’ve learned something from every person I’ve worked with and I only teach things within my scope of expertise.
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otp@sh.itjust.works 5 days agoLol, why the elitism here? It doesn’t seem like OP is trying to do anything bad.
DarkPassenger@lemmy.world 5 days ago
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Cool. I was in prison and read a lot in prison. I was very happy that people donated those books and couldn’t give one flying fuck if they wanted me to learn something or not.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I’m surprised that a social worker would be saying “You have a fair bit to learn about the English language” to someone who is looking to donate books to a prison…
starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They’re looking down on people while using terrible English.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I think they’re more looking down on the jail itself for not having many books.
As well, writing ability does not indicate someone’s overall level of capabilities.
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I don’t think it’s elitist to say that you should read books before you build a library. That’s just good advice. And it’s fair to wonder if someone who cannot string a sentence together reads many books.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
The elitist part was saying that someone should learn more about the English language before trying to help others learn.
They didn’t merely"wonder" if someone read many books. They were dismissing someone’s desire to donate books and help people.
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Okay, that was condescending. Elitist just didn’t seem like the right word to me.
otp@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
That’s fair!