SMU Lecturer Takes Heat For Blog

nasta writes "Houston Chronicle article For most of the past two semesters, nobody knew the identity of "The Phantom Professor." The educator's anonymous Web log, set at an unnamed university "in the South," spun tales of spoiled-rich "Ashleys" with their $500 sandals and $1,500 handbags, eating disorders, plagiarism and drug use, legal and illegal. "At this school it seems like every kid is on multiple medications," the professor wrote, describing her charges as "barely literate," prone to emotional problems and "terrified of displeasing Mommy and Daddy.""

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Southern Methodist University

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...in case anybody was wondering.

URL (for the google challanged)

[yo]

http://phantomprof.blogspot.com/

It is entertaining actually.

Re:Zero sympathy

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From TFA. --- No names were used, but this spring at Southern Methodist University, students and faculty began recognizing themselves in the phantom's prose. A student in SMU's corporate communications and public affairs department discovered the blog had quoted the content of e-mail she had sent to one of her teachers. It called her "clueless." An assistant professor had no trouble identifying herself in another short posting about a faculty member who was "fresh from a mediocre Midwestern University with a Ph.D. in something no one cares about." --- I agree with the grandparent...zero sympathy. She should have done a better job as a positioned professional: 1) Despite the level of protection exhibited, she published material obtained from her role and violated the client relationship (students are to teacher as the client is to the lawyer or therapist). 2) The fact that she teaches a writing class itself defines the requirement for perfection in publishment (blogs, albeit anonymous, are a form of publishing).