You said — “I sent a note about my own experience to Rich Lowry at The Corner.”
Can you also include that portion of your e-mail here on Free Republic? It would be nice to do that...
Regards,
Star Traveler
Several years ago, I had a "Cho" student in my class at a public community college. When I would step out of the room, he'd approach female students and make menacing remarks to them. This went on repeatedly before one of them sheepishly mentioned it to me, but by then, I had realized this student was seriously mentally unstable.When I approached the VP for Academic Affairs, I was told that the student had the right to remain in the class for which he had registered and that even his grade could not be affected by behavior not specifically mentioned in the syllabus. After I threw a Nikki Giovanni fit, I was allowed to offer the student private tutoring (on my own time) instead of in-class lessons. Like Cho's tutor, I chose a very public space for the tutoring. Finally, I just gave the guy a B so I would not have to deal with him anymore.
I'm sure this has happened many times in many academic settings. It is so awful for everyone, perhaps even for the disturbed student. It is especially awful when the student subsequently engages in violence, as my student did. After a gun incident on campus, he was dismissed from school. Not long afterwards, he slashed a girlfriend and was incarcerated. It's a wonder that did not happen on campus…