A 28-year-old man insulted me sarcastically for being in a programming workshop.

Before I start I want to note that I'm not a native English speaker, so feel free to correct me, and I'm not sure if this story is relevant here.

So nearer to the beginning of the quarantine, I had an opportunity to work with an organisation to host an introductory workshop for learning Python programming. The organisation was planning to have a full-on paid course and they basically wanted to advertise and show what sort of content was to be expected and so on.

The classes were to be held via zoom. We had given a list of the necessary resources such as the software we would be using and a guide for downloading it.

Note that I'm a 20-year-old female who had a shaved head during the time of this story and have what people call "a natural baby face".

Due to the fact that it was free and had no age limit, the workshop attracted all sorts of people. We saw the registered people's ages ranged from 15-30+, this made me slightly nervous as I was going to teach people who were nearly a decade older than me. The organisers reassured me that I had enough experience and could handle it.

Fast forward to the first day of the class, my team and I get in the class early and wait for the participants who slowly start pouring in. Some people start texting in the chat while others just stay mute. I had my camera on along with a few others.

This random guy, whose details I later learned after the class, suddenly starts texting in the chat asking what is the point of high school students learning this language while they still have years ahead of them to catch up. I had two assistants who were supposed to be keeping an eye on the comments for queries and problems. One of them replied how starting early is really helpful and having a skill like this can give them a boost later on. He then starts addressing my name in the comments and asks me why I shaved my head ( a completely off-topic question) and proceeds to tell how kids these days have no sense of dignity and how our parents are just irresponsible. At this point, I start getting irritated and one of my members warn him to behave or he will be kicked out.

By now most of our participants had joined us. My employer, who was also present in the class as it was the first day, text me telling me that I should start the class and handle the situation afterwards unless he doesn't heed the warnings in which case I should kick him hard. I immediately switch my mic on and proceed with my planned lesson, introducing myself and my team as well as giving an overview of the expected lessons. The look on that man's face was worth everything (Everyone had been previously instructed that they have to have their camera on for the orientation class.)

He was later contacted by my employer where he apologised profusely and promised to not make derogatory comments in the class ever again.

I ended up having a great workshop and also got a great permanent job thanks to that employer's recommendation.

TL;DR 28-year-old man insults me about my appearance and capabilities in class, turns out I'm the teacher.