Girl Freaks Out In Evolutionary Course, Assaults Student and Professor

[Chaos1228]

Extreme stress combined with that huge Trayvon protest could've made her go crazy like that i suppose. But what I dont get is, shes yelling "put that on youtube" yet you mentioned someone claimed copyright...

 

[Xifel]

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Oh man, I stayed up for five days with about five hours sleep in total (sleep deprivation makes you think more sleep deprivation will make more things get done), by the last day I hallucinated fish coming out of my professor's face during physics lecture.... a pixelated goldfish. Still went to my next class, because I make great and wise decisions like that.

OT: College can cause weird stressful breakdowns, I've seen it. People get paranoid and deluded and flip a shit. It's generally because they're in an unfamiliar place, with completely new expectations, far less structure than they're used to, and no coddling. A lot of people complain their freshman year that college professors aren't fair, have ridiculous expectations (OMG I HAVE TO STUDY? This is so not fair! In high school I didn't even do homework, they shouldn't expect us to in college! [that's a quote from a girl I knew, sad as that is]) and often will tell students that their incorrect theories are, in fact, bullshit. It's particularly problematic with evolution, because if you come from a place where all of your beliefs about yourself and society are based on an incorrect interpretation (or denial of) evolutionary theory, getting told that it's wrong with either force complete re-evaluation of your outlook, or spark rage and contempt. Added on top of a new, often more liberal and varied environment, people will lash out.

I don't really understand that really, but I've seen people break down over deadlines too. Mostly young students coming directly from "high school" (or our equivalent to that). People really shouldn't go into college directly, they should experiance the cruel cruel world.

I'm kind of happy that I come from a primitive tribe that still had conscription a few years back. Being forced into the army learn me a very useful "formula" to deal with situations:

1. Will somebody die and/or be hurt?
2. Will someone loose insane amounts of money?

If the answer is "no" to both these questions, then you really shouldn't be too stressed out by it.

 

[daveman247]

Could she act anymore sterotypically black? She did the head-shake and everything XD

 

[redisforever]

EDIT: voluntarily removed, because this post made me feel like a dick...

 

[Solemn Marth]

All i could think throughout the whole thing was....that crazy ***** on crack!!!!!

 

[Solemn Marth]

ROFL some people are so stupid XD
and as a funny conisadence my archaeology class is studying about evolution this week no one has flipped out in my class though

Watch out some crazy crack head might burst out >.<

 

[chadachada123]

I saw this and all I could think was what??? why?
What exactly made her flip her shit?
Is she unwell?

(I'm hard of hearing and couldnt really understand the screeching, so if she explained in it I probably missed it).

College can be extremely stressful and students flip out for all sorts of reasons. Heck, there were a few semesters during my university days where I have to plead temporary insanity for some of the horrible decisions I made under stress.

I would imagine that the girl was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and this was just a trigger event. She might have snapped just as badly if the guy siting next to her was chewing gum too loudly.

if you think college is stressful I'd hate to see how you handle actual real life

I'd take mindless work over studying most days of the week.

Real life is not as stressful as a good university, unless it's something like a high-profile lawyer or doctor. Physical labor isn't nearly as demanding as mental labor.

EDIT: To me.

 

[triggrhappy94]

At first I wanted to jump to the assumption that she was one of those kinds of people who get pissed whenever people try to teach evolution, then I saw the comment about how this might relate to Treyvon--really unfortionate story. I'll stow all jokes for now with respect to the situation in Flordia.

 

[SeeIn2D]

Let's not perpetuate stereotypes here guys...like seriously? Has she ever heard of the old saying "Calm the fuck down"?

 

[JoesshittyOs]

When the guy started stretching at 1:25, I was hoping he was getting ready to fight.

 

[chadachada123]

no... real life in general after college is much more stressful... unless your mentally deficient or are still being supported by your parents... judging by the fact you seem to think after school most jobs are just "physical labor" and that work is the only stressful thing in adult life you seem to be aware off I'm guessing your still in school

I had to take a year off of school for financial reasons, a semester of which was spent living on my own without parental support. I know plenty about living as an adult, and I gained a lot of respect during my time off for the working class.

But, please, enlighten me on the great many jobs that are not physical labor but are stressful, in ways that are more stressful than a good university. We're not comparing surgeons to community college, here, either. My point was more that the only *good* jobs are those that are either physically or mentally demanding. An officeworker might be stressed, but he isn't exactly "working hard" in the way that a doctor or lumberjack does.

Also, what the hell does "work is [not] the only stressful thin in adult life" have to do with anything? We're only talking about working in a job vs working as a student. I'm not bringing up kids or other "adult" things (as if only non-college adults could have kids) because it has jack-all to do with the conversation.

Edited for snark. If, Liquid, you're talking about community college, then I'd agree. Community college is nothing compared to a real university.

I'm just saying that, if given the choice, I'd consider picking a construction job over a lawyer or doctor, not because I don't have the intelligence for the latter, but because the former is a helluvalot less stressful. Officework and the "average" job would not be stressful to me; it'd just be boring as hell, and wouldn't pay nearly as well as manual or mental labor.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

She got tased. Happy ending.

Ah, well then, that's good.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I got nothing. I pity the cops that arrested her, having to listen to all that. My favorite part is that the class laughs for a few minutes, then sits back down, while there will no doubt be a joke about how next class will probably be much quieter from the prof or TA at the end of lecture.

Though, really, I'd love to know where she's getting her information, and send some knowledged individuals into that hive and stop the spread of extremely inflammatory false information. Ignorance only begets ignorance, unless it's willing to change, after all.

 

[Aiedail256]

Why does evolution kill black people? The same reason the sky is neon green.
c wut i did thar?

Also, anyone whose reaction upon hearing that this happened in Florida wasn't "oh, that explains it" obviously doesn't watch Sidescrollers [http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/sidescrollers].

 

[Therumancer]

I was a little disappointed at the end there, I was hoping she was going to get put in her place with a swift, nice backhand. But alas.

Stupid people will be stupid people. I'm more surprised at how long the teachers there let that go on for as long as it did.

Well the girl in question is black, taking action against a black student for being loud especially on racial grounds can get the person doing it into all kinds of trouble, like it or not that's the kind of reason why affirmitive action and special minority protection laws are a big deal. Granted this case was beyond the pale, but when I was attending college for Criminal Justice is some of the classes I was in we had black students who didn't like points in classes like sociology, psychology, or similar things start calling the teacher "professor crackers" and laughing in the middle of lectures because they knew nothing would happen to them. I've never seen anything like that, but up until the point of the actual assault I'd imagine she would have been covered for everything she did by the school administration. There are lawyers and civil groups that virtually live just for of minority students being kicked out of class or being expelled for "expressing themselves".

Reading the article she was apparently involved in a protest of some kind, and was deciding to make a scene in relation to it for that reason. I get the impression that while some of the students are laughing at her, a few of them are laughing with her (so to speak) and might have been in on the joke. I also notice she seems to spend a lot of her rant facing back towards the camera, which leads me to believe she was performing for a camera she knew was going to be there (albiet not ideally placed), the recording also seems to start right as the rant does which seems like it was timed.

I'm very interested to see if she gets arrested for assault and/or expelled, but based on previous experience I'd rate the chances at 50-50, a lot comes down to whether anyone presses charges, and given that she was voicing racial accusatons not many people might be willing to bring that one to court despite all common sense.