A violent struggle Monday morning between Grayson College Police and a student who they believe was high on a synthetic drug. Victoria Maranan spoke with a witness and a campus police officer about what happened.
At around 9:00 am, Grayson College Police said they were called to a disturbance at the school bookstore, where a student was said to have a psychotic episode. She apparently then walked to the administration building.
"Began going from office to office screaming that people are following her, trying to get her, trying to rape her, things of that nature. At that point it's been decided by myself and other members of the executive administration that we needed to do an emergency detention on this young lady," said GC Director of Public Safety, Andrew McPherson.
He said the student was very violent, that she kicked officers, even bit one in the arm.
"We were able to get one handcuff on her and at that point she became very aggressive towards us, began fighting with us. We did have to deploy our taser to prevent her from hurting staff members and herself," McPherson said.
But it didn't end there.
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Clearly, her instructor does not know how to manage a classroom.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's clearly the professor's fault for allowing her to go on a rampage!
DeleteLast year I had a student who routinely refused to sit at a desk. He attempted to sit on the floor (no, it was not a cultural misunderstanding; he simply didn't want to sit at a desk, most likely because he was on bath salts). He would pick a row, move the desk aside, and sit on the floor where the desk had once sat.
DeleteWhen I told his advisor about this, her response was: "Why do you allow him to sit on the floor?" Well, let me see... I do not ALLOW him to sit on the floor (in fact, this is why I'm contacting you, simply to find out why he might WANT to sit on the floor so I can figure out what's going on with him).
Why is the default always "professor's fault" when student behavior in such a manner?
The student was so CONFUSED about the assignment instructions she became psychotic. It's the prof's fault.
DeleteWell, like I was told on this blog once, 'sometimes it's us'.
DeleteThe school needs an Office of Bath Salt Management, a Community Liaison for Bath Salt Outreach, a new Bath Salt Users Studies academic department and sensitivity training for all faculty, staff and students. That would be a good start to address this issue.
ReplyDeleteThe sad part of your joke is that it is going to turn out to be true. Somewhere down the road all Residence Life Coordinators, Residence Life Student Councils, Residence Dons, Residence Floor Seniors, Student Life Counsellors, VP(Students), Assoc Dean(Students), etc etc are all going to get voluminous memos on recognizing the signs of Bath Salt Use, etc.
DeleteBath salts are terrifying. The guy who ate the other guy's face off may have been on them. I'll take the student nodding out on heroin or too stoned to speak in class, any day.
ReplyDeleteStudents who are too stoned are fine by me. They are extremely quiet and keep to themselves for the duration of the class. However, the crinkling of wrappers from all the snacks they are eating can get annoying.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I had a stoner in class last quarter. He was fascinated by the dust motes floating through the air and tried to count them. But he did it quietly and to himself (he kept a tally on a piece of paper). No problems with him, other than needing to remind him that class was over. I'll take him over someone freaking out and harming others any day!
ReplyDeleteJ'adore les potheads! I'll take 'em over the toothless meth heads and drunks and rx drug abusers, any day.
ReplyDeleteWhat terrifies me is that I overheard some 'flakes talking about bath salts. They think people are snorting Mr Bubble.