It's very troublesome to me so many doubt he got his education...there are actual pictures of him in the university bball uniform.
This kind of talk reeks of inherent racism and has turned me off to this thread entirely, I hate to say.
Why is it that an intelligent person can't also suffer from mental illness or have pathological issues? Why do we have to doubt his intelligence or education and make out like he was lying on his accounts?
It's oftentimes the most intelligent among us who have the most trouble adapting to society/the current economy and job market, esp if they come from a marginalized background. Many of us are currently not "living up to our potential" but it has nothing to do with lying about that potential.
Moo.
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No, it has nothing, zero, zilch to do with racism, and frankly, I'm offended that we cannot have a discussion about very basic elements of his education and work history without that insinuation.
A number of people upthread saw that he had a computer science degree, worked for Mets, Adidas, etc, and concluded that he was a well employed professional at the start of a prosperous career.
The fact is, he was misrepresenting himself in at least a couple of respects.
1. He was not on the basketball team.
However, a university source said Donaldsons tenure with the Johnnies was informal and extremely brief, saying he was cut before the season started and he shouldnt necessarily be described as a walk-on.
He was used for a few early morning practices along with a small group of other walk-ons who were dropped prior to the commencement of the season, the source said. Never suited up. No locker, etc.
http://m.qchron.com/mobile/editions...cle_2f1ebc9d-94b2-5de0-a951-536df8de0823.html
[Thanks to FindHG who posted this upthread]
2. One of his accounts clearly stated that he majored in computer science, which certainly implies that he graduated with that major. In reality, he majored in sports management.
Because of these misrepresentations, people were assuming that he had IT related jobs with major companies. Were that true, his motivations for his crimes may be along the lines of a major hiccup in his career, or something similar, with, of course, mental illness always being a possibility.
A sports management degree is vastly different than a computer science degree, and leads to very different career options. He had a series of low paying, entry level jobs. This gives rise to a different, although overlapping, set of potential motives, again, with mental illness always being a possibility.
His academic history, employment history, and future job/career prospects are absolutely relevant in discussing possible motives, and are pretty much always discussed in cases involving teens and young adults of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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