Nate Bargmann wrote: > I do hope that she comes away from this experience not embarrassed and > angry, but rather with an appreciation of the path of learning that her > students would like to voluntarily take.
Maybe I haven't mellowed out as much with age as I thought but I hope to
hell she goes away deeply embarrassed. If she had just made the simple
mistake and learned from it, fine, no worries.
No, she took student's property. The fact it may have been given away
free is immaterial, it is still the student's property until they choose whom
to give it to, regardless of price or lack thereof.
Then she compounded the problem by pretty much hauling that student in for
disciplinary action. Note for those who would defend her she not once
mentioned a disruption of class. So the best we can determine is that it was
based solely on her flawed perceptions.
The icing on the cake, however, is that she sent an email full of factual
errors, ignorance and culminating with the threat of legal action. The cherry
on top? She sent it to someone who works (founded?) a project which
refurbishes computers and *gives* them to children in school who would
otherwise not have one! And, oh, and said he was harming their education.
Because we all know that no computer is better than a computer running
something other than the latest from Redmond!
It is not making the mistake that she should be embarrassed for. She ran
with her mistake like a 300lb lineman who sees the opportunity for sacking the
quarterback. Her mistake? SHE SACKED HER OWN QUARTERBACK! Yeah, you ever
see an NFL lineman make that mistake you try to say he shouldn't feel
embarrassed. She should get that much, and more.
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