The altercation occurred when Dr. Rybicki allegedly closed a laptop computer on the hands of a student…
Dr. Rybicki closed the laptop because he thought the student was on non-class related websites. The student began to argue with Dr. Rybicki about closing the laptop and about the websites she visited while in class.
Yes, he closed the laptop of a student who was slacking off in class, and that student pressed assault charges against him, and he was literally arrested, and now he’s suspended, and the police have ordered students in the class “not to talk to anybody about the incident”, and the university is taking it all very seriously. Meanwhile all of the student feedback on the school paper’s website is in support of the teacher.
Your blueprint for success has been laid out, rude student jerks.
[Via Inside Higher Ed, photo via Shutterstock]
Republished from Gawker
Demitri
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 10:33 AMThe world is going crazy. The teacher is technically in the wrong. What he should of done was confirmed the student was doing something wrong which is against university policies, then warned the student to stop their activity, then if it persisted to ask the student to leave the classroom, if that does not happened then get university security to escort the student out, then get the university to proceed with disciplinary action against the student.
dfoolish1
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:46 PMDemitri, if you supported teachers for doing their job, instead of idiots slacking off in class, you would realise that you should have written ‘What he should HAVE done’, not ‘what he should OF done.’ Your grammar is pretty poor.
Manuel Pfennig
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 12:40 AMconsidering its college or uni why would the prof care what u do on your laptop? ur not in school … u can do whatever u want. its your business if u keep up or not …
Stefan
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 11:14 AMmy god, some people are so bloody soft…
RogueNut
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 11:22 AMHe DID close the laptop on her fingers though, so a battery charge is warranted. Just because she was disrupting his class doesn’t give him the right to cause physical harm to her. Otherwise should we also allow students to be clipped around the ears? What about bringing back the cane?
Also, the article says that she was allegedly browsing sites not related to class – how did the professor know for sure?
Sounds like he got annoyed because someone wasn’t doing what he told them to and so decided to take matters into his own hands, which lead to a student being injured.
I’d much preferred it if he had just called security to have her escorted from the class. You can’t FORCE a student to pay attention but if you feel they are a distraction then have them removed.
James F
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:27 PMA battery charge? Because her fingers a slightly sore? Bring back the cane I say.
David Gray
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 3:53 PMAnd what does this tell people?
Whine and you’ll get your way.
Painkiller
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 8:14 PMI just closed my laptop on my fingers and barely felt it. Maybe the student should stop being a twat and just do what they are suppose to.
Students are at college to learn not to update facebook or even surf the net in class. She might have ruined the rest of her college time. Teachers tend to band together.
Here in NSW the cops would of told the chick to get nicked and stop wasting police time.
Kevin
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 10:17 AMThe student’s Twitter Account:
http://twitter.com/#!/kristabowman
The student’s Facebook Account:
http://www.facebook.com/KristaDBowman
aciid_tr0jan
Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 9:16 AMwow, what a whiney little black bitch!! haha i just slammed my macbook lid on my hand and felt nothing!! she is a weakling!
And this is where i agree with Painkiller, the Cops in Australia would have laughed at you and charged the student with wasting time of the Police!!
Get a grip you sookie little spoilt brat!