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TeacherReviews.com Forced Offline

Posted by timothy on from the thin-skin-for-teacher dept.

MrCawfee writes "Dylan Greene's site Teacher Reviews which allows students to post reviews of their professors. The site was taken down because a professor complained about comments made against him, and threatened to sue. Here is an exerpt from his blog: 'Yesterday and tonight I talked with a professor who was extremely upset with what written about him on TeacherReviews. He had several inappropriate reviews that made unfounded accusations and inappropriate untruthful remarks such as calling him "Bipolar Paranoid Schitzophrenic."' You can read his blog here."

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  1. Prerequisite by Ghoser777 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure "Bipolar Paranoid Schizophrenic" (now spelled correctly) is a prerec for being a professor, so I'm not sure what he's complaining about.

    Matt Fahrenbacher

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    James Tiberius Kirk: "Spock, the women on your planet are logical. No other planet in the galaxy can make that claim."
  2. PARANOID?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm afraid people are talking about me behind my back, they're always there, there always watching, I'll just google my name..

    Hmm, TeacherReviews.com? I'M ON THERE?!?!?!!?!?

    WHAT? WHAT? I'M NOT A BIOPOLAR PARANOID SCHITZOPHRENIC! I KNOW, I'LL SUE THEM!

  3. Said the Professor: by parliboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I'm not paranoid! Which one of my enemies told you that?"

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    "You're never ready, just less unprepared."
  4. Re:Blog text - before it gets slashdotted by omarius · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Slander is spoken. In print, it's libel."
    --J. Jonah Jameson

  5. Re:Blog text - before it gets slashdotted by z01d · · Score: 4, Funny


    ...and I appreciate any comments you have,...

    He mean "sue", right?

  6. That Pesky Thing... by suwain_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that "Constitution" thing still intact? I seem to recall a portion of it with some silly notion of "freedom of speech" or something, or was it repealed?

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  7. Re:Problem is... by droleary · · Score: 5, Funny

    To say someone is schizophrenic when you are not an expert in the field is libelous, in any case.

    This is a good example of why the system is screwed up. The way it should be is that if you are not an expert in the field (of psychology) then it cannot be libel. In that case, you're just a guy stating your opinion and not a medical professional giving a diagnosis. What's next, I need to be a proctologist to claim the President has his head up his ass, and then I can only do so with with the x-ray as evidence?

  8. Re:Well.... by danoatvulaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    only on weeknights when the temperature drops to below freezing.. but i stress ONLY ON WEEKNIGHTS!

  9. Re:Schools by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    " It can take much longer than necessary to get rid of a problem professor..."

    I'm thinking duct tape and a trunk.

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  10. Re:Schools by SharkJumper · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would actually be pretty neat if we could standardize the instructor review systems in a manner similar to amazon's book reviews..

    Or like Ebay's buyer/seller reviews, thus giving the teacher a nice opportunity to respond.

    Student: Test wasn't shipped on time. Professor never explained my low grade. Don't purchase education from this professor!!!!! FFFFFFFFFF-------!!!

    Professor: Student was late to class and never returned emails. Never received payment. Responsibility for education rests on student!!!!!!!

    SharkJumper