That’s disgusting enough, but the email he sent about it (he doesn’t think he should be fired) is even more disgusting.
Turns out when he rewrote student comments he was “in a very dark and vulnerable place.”
Poor baby.
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Hm. Things have been bumpy in that department for awhile.
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April 26th, 2013 at 8:46AM
Cue the “I’m not responsible for my actions because of the darkness and vulnerability” fauxpology in 3, 2, 1…
April 26th, 2013 at 9:17AM
I do like: “I do not believe my act represents my character.” Hey, this isn’t me; this is just, you know, the stuff I do.
April 26th, 2013 at 9:23AM
Joe: Fauxpology is a new one on me. Beautiful.
April 26th, 2013 at 10:07AM
UD: I wish I came up with it, but Urban Dictionary–arguably the Ur-source for newfangled words–already lists it.
It applies very well to politicians, celebrities, athletes, coaches, etc. who sort of apologize…but don’t really apologize.
April 26th, 2013 at 10:38AM
Form A-001:
http://www.bureauofcommunication.com/compose/apology
April 26th, 2013 at 10:39AM
MattF: WAY laughing out loud. Thanks for sending.
April 26th, 2013 at 11:14AM
A non-prof, I’m a higher ed-friendly, but what is it with the “Phil Donahue defense” you sometimes hear when Prof. Jones gets caught grabbing ass, cooking the books, or fudging the paperwork (the malicious, willful kind of fudging)? “I wasn’t in touch with my feelings”, “my sense of hurt overwhelmed my sense of judgment”, etc.
Come on folks, we out here in non-academe generally believe you folks are paid to have a standard of intellectual and moral integrity we in sweaty-collar land can’t quite afford.
April 26th, 2013 at 7:13PM
Second link goes to an advertising site.
April 26th, 2013 at 7:15PM
Thanks, Tim. I’ll fix.
April 26th, 2013 at 9:26PM
http://www.theonion.com/articles/professor-deeply-hurt-by-students-evaluation,20130/
April 27th, 2013 at 8:07AM
I’ve seen some cases of serious gnat-straining going into departmental reports of student evaluation data for promotion candidates, but I couldn’t imagine even these people changing the numbers! Wow is right.