You Are a Female University Student Studying Engineering, and You

question 68

Multiple Choice

You are a female university student studying engineering, and you happen to be the only female in your tutorial for an engineering class. The teaching assistant has made some inappropriate sexual comments during one of your tutorials. What should you do?

• A) Report the incident to the appropriate authorities at your university.
• B) Use social media to out the teaching assistant to other students that may potentially take a class with the same teaching assistant in the future.
• C) Talk to the teaching assistant; they may not realize that what they said was inappropriate.
• D) Nothing; the teaching assistant grades all your papers and you wouldn't want to risk getting a lower mark.

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Definitions:

Adjusted Basis

The original cost of a property adjusted for factors such as depreciation or improvements, used in calculating capital gains or losses for tax purposes.

Wash Sale

A tax term referring to the sale of a security at a loss and the repurchase of the same, or substantially the same, security shortly before or after, which disallows the claim of the loss for tax purposes.

Substantially Identical

Refers to property or securities that are nearly the same, often used in tax rules concerning wash sales.

Fair Market Value

The price at which an asset would sell on the open market between a willing buyer and a willing seller.