Huffpost - Valdosta State University assistant professor Frank Rybicki was arrested for assault after he shut a student's laptop screen during class, according to the Valdosta State University Spectator. Students told the Spectator that the incident took place following an argument between Rybicki and student Krista Bowman on March 25 in which Rybicki allegedly accused her of surfing the web during a Law & Ethics of Media lecture. Bowman claimed she had sustained injuries to her finger or fingers due to Rybicki's actions and filed an assault report with campus officials following the incident, reports WCTV. Rybicki was arrested on these charges March 30, and has since been released on a $2,500 bond.
You'll rarely hear me say this, but I gotta side with the chick here. Teaching is without a doubt the most frustrating profession on the planet. Don't care if you're teaching a 4 year old how to tie his shoes or a drunk genius janitor from Southie about life, it's the absolute fuckin worst. I mean I don't blame this professor one bit for doing what he did, but I also know from experience that there's no way he closed that thing gently. There is a very real threshold that exists after you've been completely ignored as a teacher. Once you get there it's almost nearly impossible to not snap like a bowl of Rice Krispies. I can't tell you how many times I've just nailed the "you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel" speech only to look over and see the kid I'm talking to texting or some shit.
That's when it usually escalates to this.
Your move, chief.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME IN COLLEGE TOO.
ReplyDeletei've never been so pissed in my life. i was about to elbow the french mother fucker straight in the gonads. little did i know i could have sued him, damn it.