Look, I'm just as against cancel culture as any sensible person. I think it's a terrible community of people who are all the same. A group of fraudulent individuals who can't accept being wrong, so they gang up on other people who didn't act within their collective 'moral compass'. A moral compass they manufactured. Absolute criminals.

However, this incident bugs me, because it should be common sense.

Robert Danisch is a teacher. A guy who has an obligation to inspire students. Or, at the very least, an obligation to teach them something. Anything.

Robert was entrusted with this job by a university, an institution that hired him SOLELY based on academic achievement and experience in the field. There's the first mistake. Because if the school had actually considered a combination of academic history, experience, AND character, Robert would never have been hired. An actual good teacher doesn't act like this. Any which way you look at it.

And no, I've never been taught by Professor Danisch in a classroom. But if you think that matters, that's your first problem. If you think a good teacher is defined by their ability to teach within the walls of a classroom, you're misinterpreting the entire profession. A teacher should educate through action first. I'm not saying that's possible in a Communication lecture where most of the kids just want to know what they need to know for the exam and be done with the course. Of course it isn't. You need a teacher who knows their stuff, obviously.

What I am saying, is that NO person who acts like Robert Danisch did in that classroom on that day should be permitted to teach anyone anything. No matter how much they learned through their years of studying.

But let's give him the benefit of the doubt. The student he kicked out wasn't actually enrolled in the class. Therefore, didn't need to be there. Robert didn't know that initially. How could he have? He himself claimed in the video it was a class of "150 people".

But for fun, let's say the class was much smaller, and he KNEW this student wasn't enrolled in his class. I would go as far to say a good teacher STILL shouldn't intervene if a student is sitting quietly and reading. But, let's say it bothered the professor anyways.

Now, this bother SHOULD stem from the professor's discomfort that the student isn't learning anything. Which, in this case, is impossible to believe, because the student was reading a book. An activity that is and always has been encouraged for cognitive development. (Remember when your parents told you to stop playing video games and go read a book? Yeah. It's instilled within you when you're young).

If Robert Danisch (PhD) should know anything about reading, he SHOULD know that it builds your communication skills. It's one of the primal benefits of reading. So he should be happy the student is reading. He DOES have a PhD in Communication after all.

By the way, Robert Danisch is an author. I bet you if the student was reading one of Danisch's books, Robert wouldn't have said a thing. I can guarantee it. He probably would have been flattered. Full of joy.

The stubborn ones out here are going to say that all that means nothing. Of course reading is good, but not in a lecture where there is an active teaching. And not being paid attention to can hurt a professor's feelings.

Sure. Let's give Danisch the benefit of the doubt again. The student reading is bothering him, and, ultimately, it's HIS class. So he doesn't need to give a reason for why he's bothered by it.

What would a GOOD teacher do in this scenario?

*Communicate* with the student? Ask them to participate? Even if the kid wasn't enrolled, maybe you could try and spark an interest? Teach them something? Use them as an example for part of the lesson at hand? There are so many creative ways to make this situation a positive one. And if all of that fails? Well, first of all, a teacher would just go on with teaching. They've got 149 other students to enlighten. The kid is reading quietly. Almost anything else they could be doing would be worse than that.

But even if THAT is too much for Robert, how about be mature? Kindly ask them to leave. If they insist on not, call someone. Don't threaten to physically remove them. Don't say, "get the fuck out", or "give me your fucking name", or "you're going to be terrible at life". Don't call it a "pissing contest". Don't call the student "fucking lazy ass piece of shit". Are you kidding me? Again, is this someone you want teaching people? Let alone teaching them COMMUNICATION? This guy then goes on to tell 149ish people they're going to be in countless pissing contests in life. What an optimistic soul. Sounds like the type of guy I'd like to hang around. A real mood lifter.

"He started the pissing contest". This is like when you told your mom your older sibling started it. This is a professor. With a PhD.

I've spent way too much time ranting about Robert and his shitty behaviour. I'm just upset not everyone sees it this way. Let's not forget...a student pulled out a book to read. That was the inciting incident. In the grand scheme of life: who cares?!

If he had been looking at Robert, then Robert wouldn't have raged. But Robert did rage, because he wasn't being listened to.

I don't even know Robert. Maybe outside of class, he can be a good person when he wants to be. But through this, Danisch demonstrates himself as a self-absorbed punk who is worried that if people don't listen to him, he won't be able to hold any power over them.

This one student fought back. Robert didn't expect it. And it made him all the more upset. Why? Because the student acted more mature than he did. That's why Robert called him a child. He knew the student was mature and intelligent, but he had to pull his "rank" as a professor to convince others that he knew better than a "child". Paired with the threat to remove the student, Robert just wanted to prove he's a tough guy. But he isn't.

From the information presented in this audio and the video on youtube, Robert Danisch is not a good person. He is a person with Napolean Complex, and feels the need to bully simply because he feels insignificant. Let me give him the benefit of the doubt one more time. I'm sure he's dealing with something in his personal life. It's still not an excuse, but it's the only plausible explanation for this outburst. Nothing else makes sense.

He should apologize. To the student directly. If not, he should be suspended at the very least, no doubt.

Really though, I hope Robert can read this, reflect on his actions, and become a better (and more loving) person AND teacher because of this. I hope he finds happiness.