Posted on 11/04/2022 11:22:30 AM PDT by Morgana
A Tennessee State University professor has been fired after a video surfaced that showed him screaming at a student and telling him to leave after he failed his course, the school says.
History professor Robert Evins Pickard was recorded shouting in the students face before expelling him from the classroom.
In the video, which has gone viral on various social media platforms, Pickard can be heard screaming 'What is your name?' at the student.
He then shouts 'Get out! You have failed this course, whatever your name is! Out! Out!'
The University said in a statement on Tuesday that Pickard has been terminated from his position on the staff.
'The University is aware of the incident identified in the video clip being distributed in the media, including on social media. TSU does not tolerate unprofessional behavior in its classrooms or otherwise directed at students,' the statement said.
'This incident runs afoul of the standard of behavior we expect from those charged with teaching and serving as role models for our students,' they added.
'The University has taken swift action, including personnel action, to address this incident and the faculty member shown in the video was immediately removed from the classroom and has been terminated.'
Pickard has said he offered his resignation to the University after the incident occurred and is now officially retired.
He told local station WSMV that he 'deeply regrets' what happened in the classroom that day.
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great clip!
Article doesn’t say if or in what way the student was ‘rude’.
Apparently, the instructor had yelled like this at students before but was never taken to task for it.
There’s no excuse for a “professor” to behave this way. (From all I can find, he’s never succeeded beyond adjunct, which is usually the case with academics who act this way and wind up in the news.)
TSU is an HBCU institution--still has a majority of black students at the undergraduate level.
I went there for one semester after they closed UT Nashville down. Never, ever, again.
Somebody who shouts in my face will get a punch in the nose.
again what led up to this? I'm speculating that the kid was rude by the behavior of the majority of these young kids when they are in High School.
Whatever happened to, “Here is a dime. Go call your mother....”
I still don’t think there is any excuse. A professional has ways of dealing with things without making an ass of himself this way - and losing his (very) little job.
“You are shown one thing taken out of context and you’re supposed to jump to a conclusion right away.”
And, unfortunately, it usually works.
According to the article, this behavior was not new with this incident.
That is NOT an apology. It's a "I'm sorry I lost it like that in public and lost my job because of it."
It's not remorse for the actual incident itself.
Actually from what I've seen, it's now more like middle school.
I hated the professors with big egos. Especially the ones at a community college.
Pfft. Poor little snowflake. They used to post everyone’s grades on a door or bulletin boards so you could how you and your pals did.
From all I can find, he’s never succeeded beyond adjunct, which is usually the case with academics who act this way and wind up in the news.
I've been an adjunct for 15 years because I only want to teach part-time.
Your comment is ignorance, arrogance, or both.
First of all DM there is a difference between "Screaming" and "shouting". This man was shouting.He's screaming.
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