<p>Well, allow me to offer a different opinion.</p>
<p>Am I really the only one who show some dismay about this “person” receiving accolades? </p>
<p>Yes, Mrs. Liner can write, and so can the few Harvard graduates who work for tabloids such as the National Enquirer. That does not elevate the rag to a great status among newspaper. Trash is still trash. Mrs. Liner must have done well in her English classes, but she most definitely must have been sleeping through her Ethics classes. </p>
<p>Where did she get the motion that her paltry adjunct teacher’s position gives her the RIGHT to judge her students in the way she does? She is paid to teach and grade, not to be a social commentator. Don’t we expect a bit more from our teachers? Don’t we expect our teachers not to measure us by the type of clothes we wear or the fitness of our bodies? Don’t we expect our teachers to respect the environment THEY accepted to teach at? Why in the world does a flaming liberal accept a position at SMU, unless she secretly expected that the faculty would be no different from the remaining liberal-infested 99%? </p>
<p>Yes, most everyone who ever lived in Dallas knows that SMU is the school where one “pays his fees and collect his Bees!” Most everyone knows that the school caters to the bright and not so bright. However, is that really different from a cross-section of students throughout the US? If Jay Leno makes fun of students during his famous Jaywalking episodes, that is okay. He is a comic! But where is the integrity and … courage of Mrs. Liner. Yeah, an anonymous blog goes a long way to hide her despicable image and gushing vitriol. What a lesson for her student: hate plagiarism but applaud spineless libel! A true teacher! </p>
<p>Most of what she writes is simply stomach-churning. She must REALLY hate her life to show such a disdain -if not hate- for the Prada crowd that happens to be a group of 18-22 years old. The fact that she can only afford to wear Salvation Army clothes must really bug her to death, but it is also her own doing. Not satisfied with your $200 a week job, try te corporate world, Mrs Liner. There must be a few Enron’s that value people with your integrity. A quick question: if she despises the brand labels so much, why did she purchase a fake purse at a flea-market? Felt a bit insecure and envious, didn’t she!</p>
<p>So what do we have here. A new Rachel Toor? A person who shows how much she hates the world around her to devote more love to a pig than to any human bipede? At least, Mrs. Toor had the COURAGE of her opinions. She used HER name when penning her book. </p>
<p>All I have to say is that I hope that the “Ashlees” depicted in this “worK” have fathers and mothers who will hound her for years, and slap lawsuits and injuctions onto every attempt to profit from her vile actions. Movies? Why not? There are enough people interested in seeing Michael Moore’s film! Books? Let’s see how well Mrs. Liner makes the transition from making cheap fun of students to writing something that presents any value. </p>
<p>This has nothing to do with freedom of speech. It it was, she should have gone public and defended her right to speak. I do hope that Mrs. Liner gets treated harshly; it still would not compare to the manner in which she judges her -former- students. </p>
<p>Yes, pass the Pepto!</p>
I have no brief for or against this prof, for or against SMU, etc. I just thought the whole thing was very interesting and worth a read!</p>