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.""

Comments

Re:Amen.

[torpor]

The worst part of it is , the people who truely do need the medication seem to always slip through the net.


nobody needs these drugs. they are sold simply to line the pockets of the pharmaceuticals' executives ..

most 'modern mental health' problems can be solved by removing the blind faith one puts in so-called 'mental health professionals', who really are little more than shills for the biggest con ever played on a society by mass market engineers.

Re:The most important statement of them all:

[benjamindees]

Wow, you're an idiot.

First, you decry the fact that colleges produce mindless drones. Then you say you want a drone. And then you say you don't. And, in the end, you still think the ideal employee has a degree.

What is it? Do you want employees that "actually work and be efficient", or do you want people who "do what their told"?