A professor at Texas A&M University at Galveston just jumped ship—but not before failing an entire class for what he calls a pattern of cheating, backstabbing and all-around bad behavior.
That’s one way to teach students a lesson.
In a drama fit for an after-school special, Irwin B. Horwitz sent a withering email to the 30 students in his strategic management class to announce he was giving each student an “F,” before walking out and never coming back.
“Since teaching this course, I have caught and seen cheating, been told to ‘chill out,’ ‘get out of my space,’ ‘go back and teach,’ [been] called a ‘fucking moron’ to my face,” Horwitz wrote in the missive obtained last week by Inside Higher Ed.
The disgruntled egghead continued to unfurl a litany of offenses including: students cheated by signing in for classmates, didn’t show up when they claimed they did, and spread “hurtful and untrue rumors about myself and others” online.
“None of you ... given the behavior in this class, deserve to pass,” Horwitz, 53, wrote in the dispatch.
“I am frankly and completely disgusted,” he added. “You all lack the honor and maturity to live up to the standards that Texas A&M holds, and the competence and/or desire to do the quality work necessary to pass the course.”
Horwitz, who only joined the university last year, didn’t stop there. He also sent an email to school administrators, telling them the unruly pupils are “your problem now.”
She couldn't resist calling him "an egghead". Expecting serious study makes you "weird", I guess.
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