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Re: A student just phoned me - he threatened to beat a colleague up
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
2:00 AM - I receive a message: "Are you awake? If you are, please reply". It was from an unknown number. Jokingly, I replied.
2:05 AM - I receive a phone call:
"Pizza delivery, may I help you?" [I still thought it was a joke up to this point]
"Lira? I just did something really stupid." [His voice was really distressed]
"Who is this?"
"This is Akira* [He's my assistant]. I did something really really stupid"
"You broke up with Claire* last semester, and that was a pretty stupid thing to do. Please tell me you didn't break up with your new girlfriend, she's head over hee--"
"I threatened to kick professor Takahashi's* arse."
"You did what!?"
"Remember that, during his class, you came by the door and handed me some exams for me to correct?"
"Yes, of course, but that's not exactly unusual, and you did nothing wrong"
"Well, some students were making a very boring presentation, and I decided to correct them to spend the time."
"I'm listening"
"Professor Takahashi approached me and asked what I was doing. I said I was 'doing some stuff'. He said I wasn't showing my classmates any respect, and he said I should leave the classroom if I wanted to do something else. So I did."
"You bloody left the room?"
"Yes. But, that's not the stupid bit"
"Did you fart before you left?"
"After the class was over, I decided to have a word with him. But, I was so angry that, when I saw him, I pointed my finger at his forehead and said he was the one being disrespectful, because I was doing my thing, I didn't bother anyone else, and it was really rude to approach me like that. Then I said that, should he ever do it again, I'd kick his fucking arse"
"WAT"
"Yeah, that's what he said. I then spelled it out for him. 'Assu kikku, do you understand that, professor Takahashi?', I said about to smash my fist into his face"
"Bloody hell, what the hell did you do that for? He's barely a threat to anyone!"
"Yeah, I know, I just committed academic suicide"
"All right, calm down. Where are you now?"
"I'm at a friend's place. Professor Takahashi is going back to Japan, right?"
"Yeah, he is... but not before telling everyone you threatened him"
"What do I do?"
"Well, what can I say? Had you phoned me after he expelled you from his class, I could've calmed you down or something. But..."
"I know, I know... I decided to call you because I see you as a friend. Still, I don't know what to do. I'm stressed and I was nervous and...."
"Listen, I can't talk to you right now because I'm at my rents' and everybody is sleeping. Are you free tomorrow night?"
"Yes, I am."
"Good. Talk to you tomorrow then."
"Thanks, I'm sorry"
"Well, you should be. But, I'll talk to you about that tomorrow night"
Wow, he's a good student, I can't really understand why he snapped like that. I'm still thinking about what the hell I can say to him now that he did such a stupid thing. I'm going to scold him for that tomorrow, and tell him to apologise straight away. But, if you were in my shoes, what would you do? I wonder how different TA's would react to this... I think I could use some different insights, given the gravity of this situation.
* The names have been changed to protect the guilty. |
Shit man. He is going to have to play the emotional distraught card. He will have to make up a story about a family member in a very bad situation and he thought he could handle it mentally himself. To make it believable, he will should offer to enroll in fake counseling classes.
Note: it better be a well thought out story.
If one of my students did that without me knowing circumstances i would kick them the fuck out. plus more.
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