Reply to Stanford Sued After Following Another Student Suicide

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Stanford Sued After Following Another Student Suicide"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]From Katie’s own words:

“My whole life I’ve been terrified to make any mistakes,” she wrote. “No alcohol, no speeding tickets, no A- marks on my report cards. Everything had to be perfect to get in and stay at Stanford. I suffer from anxiety and perfectionism, as so many female athletes do. We know all too well that in professional settings women have everything to lose and have to work twice as hard to prove that they are qualified and professional, and any mistake is magnified, any attitude of assertiveness is demonized.”

********
The whole thing is tragic.  The coffee was spilled a week after the sexual assault and 6 days after the sexual assault was reported to Stanford’s Title IX office. The idea that she just happened to be riding a bike next to this ass and her coffee spilled on him is unbelievable. 99.9% chance she did it on purpose. She was a tightly wound young adult who probably never faced real adversity in life off the playing field.

My guess is that at 22 this wasn’t the first time she had done something like “spilling” coffee on someone she had a dispute with but it was probably the first time she faced consequences for her actions.

Stanford’s process was likely overbearing. But a lot of people have been expelled from college without killing themselves. That she didn’t call her parents or her sisters probably says something here.

The complaint reads . . . poorly. When you’re highlighting that an adverse email was sent at night when it was dark to a student alone her dorm room in order to build a negligence case, well, your case isn’t going anywhere. Is Stanford only supposed to send adverse emails during daylight hours while students are in the company of others?  Give me a break.

I feel for the parents and I understand that they have to make sense of this, but this is going to be worse once Stanford defends itself. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics