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malaise

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11. I used to do grade reviews

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 08:54 PM

Jun 2016

Lots of these young folks feel they are entitled to a good grade regardless of the crap written in the exam booklet.
That some could ask for a review is what scared me the most.

We don't know if he was under pressure. We know that he murdered someone today. I'll spare my thoughts for the Professor and his family and friends.

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Sources tell CBS News the 2 persons shot at UCLA were a student and Professor William Scott Klug [View all] ailsagirl Jun 2016 OP

But of course. End a life over a grade in school. MichiganVote Jun 2016 #1

My worst nightmare is a pre med student shooting my husband over a Chemistry grade. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #2

All that work he did to get where he was... ailsagirl Jun 2016 #4

in one red state I know greymattermom Jun 2016 #36

The fact is, no one is really safe, anywhere ailsagirl Jun 2016 #63

At the university I work at Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #40

My husband had to call security after an exam once. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #41

Unfortunately when I heard it was in a small office earlier, this scenario is what I thought of Person 2713 Jun 2016 #3

Yep me too GummyBearz Jun 2016 #13

He was probably thinking of the San Diego State University murders in 1996: petronius Jun 2016 #25

I've been assured here on DU that this never happens. stone space Jun 2016 #5

I don't believe you shenmue Jun 2016 #15

Not by campus security. They want us to report guns on campus. stone space Jun 2016 #19

It's not bullshit for professors in gun-legal campuses to be very worried. pnwmom Jun 2016 #30

Here in Kansas we will have guns on campus starting next year. tblue37 Jun 2016 #32

I know professors here who worry about it -- and we are a gun control state. pnwmom Jun 2016 #34

Good professors in Texas are leaving the state. ananda Jun 2016 #42

They lost the Dean of their Architecture College over it. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #43

Not merely stressed out: 18-21 is prime age for the onset of schizophrenia alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #37

And don't forget drugs and alcohol. Alcohol is consumed at high levels pnwmom Jun 2016 #38

Seriously alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #46

Not that it never happens. Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #24

A normal person doesn't kill over a grade. Oneironaut Jun 2016 #6

So? A tormented sick mind without a gun would find murder harder to accomplish. pnwmom Jun 2016 #31

Thanks heavens the shooter didn't have to forfeit his gawd-given 2A right to a killing machine. Now valerief Jun 2016 #7

+1,000 malaise Jun 2016 #9

Heartbreaking that he was under that pressure. Young people feel the weight of high stakes. Brickbat Jun 2016 #8

I used to do grade reviews malaise Jun 2016 #11

Lots of kids make themselves sick over the demand for excellence from administrators, families, Brickbat Jun 2016 #12

Not lots - a few malaise Jun 2016 #14

Our experiences with students who are suffering from depression and struggles differ. Brickbat Jun 2016 #16

True but this student had a kill list and malaise Jun 2016 #59

Sorry, my sympathy is with the professor's family. kiva Jun 2016 #18

I see people are misunderstanding my wording -- rather than edit, I'll say here that the heartbreak Brickbat Jun 2016 #20

Well-put, Brickbat n/t ailsagirl Jun 2016 #22

I was too quick to judge your post, sorry. kiva Jun 2016 #23

I'm with you on that. One semester I had to have a police officer stationed outside the door of a bjo59 Jun 2016 #28

Scary - glad you made it through safely. kiva Jun 2016 #47

No worries. Brickbat Jun 2016 #35

Whatayah bet it's some kid introduced to gun culture by a proud daddy gunner? Hoyt Jun 2016 #10

Not surprised, I figured as much ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2016 #17

That's absolutely right. It's my plan when the Texas campus gun law goes into effect. bjo59 Jun 2016 #29

It had nothing to do with any grades oberliner Jun 2016 #50

So much (again and again) for the gunnutters UTUSN Jun 2016 #21

A sad day. He is an alum from my school; I know some of his research mentors JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #26

Texas passed a "guns on campus" law that goes into effect soon. bjo59 Jun 2016 #27

Here in Kansas we will have guns on campus starting next year, 2017. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #33

Effective date: 8-1-2016. The 50th anniversary of Whitman's murders on the UT campus. Paladin Jun 2016 #51

So I'm waiting for all the gun nuts... a la izquierda Jun 2016 #39

Show me where any gun rights advocate said that. linuxman Jun 2016 #44

Oh what was the DU posters name? a la izquierda Jun 2016 #55

So no then. linuxman Jun 2016 #61

Pious fraud is part and parcel of modern gun control advocacy: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #62

When did UCLA sarisataka Jun 2016 #45

When they allowed kids from the gun culture. Hoyt Jun 2016 #52

It sounds like the shooter sarisataka Jun 2016 #54

Oh look romanic Jun 2016 #48

He wasn't angry about his grade oberliner Jun 2016 #49

The early reports had said that ailsagirl Jun 2016 #53

Understood oberliner Jun 2016 #56

I just read that he executed a woman who was on his hit list ailsagirl Jun 2016 #57

Press conference on now malaise Jun 2016 #60

Had a fellow a long time ago, about the very late 1990's by the name of Kluge to post Jim Beard Jun 2016 #58