I’ve just googled to check this, because I thought he ate pizza at a vegan restaurant where two of the girls worked. I don’t know anything about him working at a pizza place, though.
This is the only MSM article I have seen mentioning BK had a job at a pizza place, and it was in PA, and only "allegedly" as stated by a friend, i.e., his former employer has not confirmed in MSM AFAIK:
Thank you for filling that gap.
The US higher education system is massively different than those in other countries, so it is definitely understandable that you wouldn’t know its intricacies if you’ve never worked in a US university. I’ve worked as a faculty member at 3 universities in the US, and one each in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The US system is so much different from the other three I’ve experienced. Happy to answer any questions about the US system if you ever have them!Oh well
As I come from another country, continent even,
this American system is completely new to me.
So, bear with me
"Cultural differences" are true after all
I don't think this point can be emphasized enough,10ofRods! How someone looks "on paper" is only 1 dimension (or fraction thereof) of who someone is. The "proof is in the pudding", etc. And BK could have even "taken advantage of" the pandemic and remote or distance learning and interactions to hide his true colors from professors, LE, and smoke screened the heck out of everyone including family and friends. It could be sad but true that he "slipped through the cracks" and fully intended to do so (ETA" "crack up" & go on a murdering rampage) while no one was looking, and deal with the consequences later IF and only IF he had to, and then on his own terms, sadly. MOOI am assuming that BK is the type who can come across very well in writing. There are many people like that in academia.
There's no way to predict that a grad student is going to seriously lack people skills. BK comes from a cohort of young people who had less experience in on-the-ground classes, for about 2 years. I do wonder if Prof Bolger (who is an expert on quantitative methods in criminology studies) was disappointed that BK couldn't collect the q-naire data and therefore could not do a quantitative project. They change the emphasis of his thesis to narrative (qualitative) work. But did she ever meet him?
No, she did not:
Idaho 'killer' a brilliant student, says his criminology professor
DeSales University Professor Michelle Bolger said she's in absolute shock after hearing that her former student Bryan Kohberger is the accused Idaho quadruple murder suspect.www.dailymail.co.uk
That's the mark of a very bad teacher--assuming what your students "should" already know.
Thank you for the correction - brain fluff! But that doesn't change the spirit of my post, with my point being that with BK presumably being several years older than the students he was serving, and that some may consider there is a general deterioration of standards over time (kind of like how we now have to have labels to advise people not to drink battery fluid, etc? (moo)).. he may have had different standards than he was used to. Also, in looking up 'reviews' on the professor who was having issues with BK, it seems many of the students loved him and he was an easy marker/easy course, so it may very well have been complete opposites, so to speak/personality conflict/whatever. imo.
www.ratemyprofessors.com
He not only lacked people skills, he also had no experience or serious training in teaching. And given his tendency to flaunt his knowledge, he probably didn't have the disposition to be a good teacher. Teaching isn't just lecturing and marking papers. It requires a certain amount of humility; teachers have to understand what it means to "not know" things, to be able to plan learning experiences for students to gain knowledge and control of a field, to try to learn themselves and fail--and then try again. That is, good teaching requires standards and empathy.I am assuming that BK is the type who can come across very well in writing. There are many people like that in academia.
There's no way to predict that a grad student is going to seriously lack people skills. BK comes from a cohort of young people who had less experience in on-the-ground classes, for about 2 years. I do wonder if Prof Bolger (who is an expert on quantitative methods in criminology studies) was disappointed that BK couldn't collect the q-naire data and therefore could not do a quantitative project. They change the emphasis of his thesis to narrative (qualitative) work. But did she ever meet him?
No, she did not:
Idaho 'killer' a brilliant student, says his criminology professor
DeSales University Professor Michelle Bolger said she's in absolute shock after hearing that her former student Bryan Kohberger is the accused Idaho quadruple murder suspect.
Yes, some students said that. There are many points of view, many personalities, many teaching styles, many expectation levels, many perceptions. Maybe the students were being graded as if they were graduates, maybe they weren't. Maybe some students couldn't get their points across because they were poor at writing. Maybe BK marked them too hard for whatever aspect - but then we were told via media that some students said that 'after the murders' he became an easy marker. And so..... the general consensus seems to be to assume that the change must have been because he did the murders. Perhaps he was trying to appease the professor he worked for.
Humility and empathy.
Yes it's a fair point, but everything I've heard about his grading suggests he may have had issues beyond ordinary departmental variances in grading. I think it's pretty normal for different instructors in a department to have different grading criteria. I've never been to a college where students didn't compare notes on who was hard and who wasn't. This seems to go beyond that.Thank you for the correction - brain fluff! But that doesn't change the spirit of my post, with my point being that with BK presumably being several years older than the students he was serving, and that some may consider there is a general deterioration of standards over time (kind of like how we now have to have labels to advise people not to drink battery fluid, etc? (moo)).. he may have had different standards than he was used to. Also, in looking up 'reviews' on the professor who was having issues with BK, it seems many of the students loved him and he was an easy marker/easy course, so it may very well have been complete opposites, so to speak/personality conflict/whatever. imo.
John Snyder at Washington State University | Rate My Professors
John Snyder is a professor in the Criminal Justice department at Washington State University - see what their students are saying about them or leave a rating yourself.
Yeah I don't think he's going to be winning any inmate popularity contests if he ends up in gen pop. MOOI guess it even bodes worse in prison.
Oh dear
Too bad
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Or by easy grading he wouldn't have to have any 1)Perhaps he was trying to appease the professor he worked for.
I guess he couldn't bother with school any more.
Interesting insight of student's ratings. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am curious as to the types of tests given in the class if the TA (BK) could affect or impact the grades.Thank you for the correction - brain fluff! But that doesn't change the spirit of my post, with my point being that with BK presumably being several years older than the students he was serving, and that some may consider there is a general deterioration of standards over time (kind of like how we now have to have labels to advise people not to drink battery fluid, etc? (moo)).. he may have had different standards than he was used to. Also, in looking up 'reviews' on the professor who was having issues with BK, it seems many of the students loved him and he was an easy marker/easy course, so it may very well have been complete opposites, so to speak/personality conflict/whatever. imo.
John Snyder at Washington State University | Rate My Professors
John Snyder is a professor in the Criminal Justice department at Washington State University - see what their students are saying about them or leave a rating yourself.
Those don't strike me as mutually exclusive reactions. BK could be devastated and at the same time feel the firing wasn't his fault.
Indeed. I didn't mean my remarks as a criticism of Mr. K. His remark merely surprised me, perhaps because I'm a college sports fan and am aware of the various anagrams and nicknames for American universities.
