Well, I truly hate to use those words but I'm only speaking the truth as I read it...
Nikki Giovanni, famous book author and poet once was a professor of the Virginia Tech student Cho Seung-Hui. She, along with the rest of the students in her class, especially some of the females found it to be a very unpleasant encounter to say the very least.
Cho and Giovanni met in September 2005, when he enrolled her introduction to creative writing class. From the onset Cho never tried to blend or mix in. He separated himself from everyone in the class.
"He wore sunglasses to class and pulled his maroon cap down low over his forehead. When she tried to get him to participate in class discussion, his answer was silence."
Shortly thereafter the female students began lodging complaints. Cho had began taking snapshots of their legs and knees under the desks by way of his cellphone. What a sick and disturbed man. I don't know how come this didn't get him thrown off campus right then. We expect 5 and 6 year old little boys to get down on their knees and slither across the floor and maybe try and take a peek under a little girl's dress, but a grown man? I think not!
Cho was so obtrusive the female students opted to start sending in their assignments via computer. They were no longer willing to show up for class and that's pretty bad. Nikki wrote a letter to the department head. In return Cho was expelled from class.
I found this by way of Black America Web/Tom Joyner Morning Show. It really knocked me off my feet, as I read some of the comments in the forum. Many feel Ms. Giovanni failed Cho, that she was 'too self-absorbed to help him.' That, IF she would have given him the needed help this massacre would have never taken place. Ouch Wow and they must be crazy!
His parents knew long ago, their son was out-of-control. They knew he needed mental help and it's nothing to be ashamed of. When someone is in the true throes of mental illness and it doesn't mean crazy, they often need someone to be their voice. Not everyone can be their own sound of reasoning.
That's a tall order to put on Nikki Giovanni, who is one of my heroes. She is a native of Cincinnati, just like me. But, it did give me something to think about. My dog Ruby died several years ago for unknown reasons. I think it was her fault, yes I do.
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