Dartmouth students get e-mails from former teacher claiming disrespect

Foster's Daily Democrat ^ | May 1, 2008 | unk

[Past Your Eyes]

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — A former Dartmouth College teacher and medical school researcher sent e-mails to some of her former students saying she plans to sue them because they "harassed, compromised, abused or discriminated against" her.

Priya Venkatesan, 39, who received her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth in 1990, last week e-mailed the former students in her Science, Technology and Society course with the news that she is pursuing a federal civil-rights lawsuit against some of them.

Venkatesan, now at Northwestern University, said in an interview with the Valley News that she is still searching for a lawyer to take her case and would name as many as 15 students as defendants. She said Dartmouth itself and two professors also might be named.

[cspackler]

I have taught at an Ivy league University for 31 years (undergrads, grad students and professions students in science/medicine). If your not ready to field questions and even challenges to points you make in a lecture...you shoudl not even set foot in the classroom.

You taught at this level for 31 years, and still don't know the proper usage of "your" and "you're"?

Sorry, could not resist...

[Enchante]

"a student contradicted her during a lecture on feminism and science, drawing applause from some of his classmates. Venkatesan said she was “horrified” and canceled class for a couple of days.”"

I smell an incompetent leftist who was tripped up by her own idiocy and a student who actually knew something about science???

[Enchante]

"Dartmouth Institute for Writing and Rhetoric"

If we just think about how inappropriate it is for a writing program to offer a course on "feminism and science" then it will be obvious what kind of agenda she represents.

[aruanan]

"My intent was to do my job, but it got met with a lot of hostility," said Venkatesan, who quit her teaching post in March. "The way I read it is that maybe it has something to do with my ethnicity or my gender. Possibly both, I don’t know."

It could be, though, that it has something to do with being a feminist who believes that her measly Masters in Genetics from UC Davis qualifies her to make feminist critiques of science.

[rod1]

No problem. Thanks goodness for continuing education. and I had better pursue some more.

[Past Your Eyes]

So Dartmouth is a “bigoted place”. LMAO!!! Apparently it isn’t nearly liberal enough for this ugly cow.
I live in the county where Dartmouth is located (on the extreme other side, fortunately) and I can tell you that the place is plenty more than liberal enough for my tastes. Obama and Hillary campaign signs abound in the area.
They are bigoted against conservatives but probably not much else.

[Past Your Eyes]

I was going to let that pass but I did notice it.
“;^)

[Past Your Eyes]

"Perhaps the students would have been better off trying to curry her favour...."

Or, in her case, favour her curry.
Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Past Your Eyes]

"Perhaps the students would have been better off trying to curry her favour...."

Or, in her case, favour her curry.
Sorry, couldn't resist.

[george76]

Ms. Venkatesan lectured in freshman composition, intended to introduce undergraduates to the rigors of expository argument. "My students were very bully-ish, very aggressive, and very disrespectful,"

After a winter of discontent, the snapping point came while Ms. Venkatesan was lecturing on "eco-feminism,"...

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[metmom]

Considering how she’s behaving, it’s no wonder they disrespected her.

Nothing like making a fool of yourself for the whole world to see.

[metmom]

Ping to post 50 and check out the link.

[metmom]

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[Amelia]

What a whiner!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks geo. I guess she’s never heard that old saying, if you can’t take the heat, just wait ‘til you go straight to Hell. :’)

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