I'm disappointed that The Free Press thinks that the assult Katie Meyer commited was not a serious matter, just an "impulsive act." And I'm disappointed you implied her victim was never charged or investigated due to Stanford's negligence. Perhaps there just wasn't a shred of evidence. The reason the Police didn't pursue charges against …
I'm disappointed that The Free Press thinks that the assult Katie Meyer commited was not a serious matter, just an "impulsive act." And I'm disappointed you implied her victim was never charged or investigated due to Stanford's negligence. Perhaps there just wasn't a shred of evidence.
The reason the Police didn't pursue charges against Meyer for her assault is that the victim said he wanted to let it go. That's his right, of course, but I don't think it's a moral response. She would have just gone on to commit more and greater assaults, now that she was empowered to do so.
Of course, it's a tragedy she killed herself, but perhaps it's more of a sign of her own mental issues than Stanford's fault. It must have been awful for her to learn that everything she does isn't wonderful, and that she's capable of mistakes. Nobody had ever pointed that out to her before.
Note that I'm not defending Stanford. It's a sick, sick culture that's just recently brought us everything from Theranos to Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer-professor-parents, to many of the staff of Silicon Valley Bank. I have a consulting company in Silicon Valley and we won't hire out of Stanford becasue the kids we see are entitled assholes. Stanford culture self-selects for them.
I'm disappointed that The Free Press thinks that the assult Katie Meyer commited was not a serious matter, just an "impulsive act." And I'm disappointed you implied her victim was never charged or investigated due to Stanford's negligence. Perhaps there just wasn't a shred of evidence.
The reason the Police didn't pursue charges against Meyer for her assault is that the victim said he wanted to let it go. That's his right, of course, but I don't think it's a moral response. She would have just gone on to commit more and greater assaults, now that she was empowered to do so.
Of course, it's a tragedy she killed herself, but perhaps it's more of a sign of her own mental issues than Stanford's fault. It must have been awful for her to learn that everything she does isn't wonderful, and that she's capable of mistakes. Nobody had ever pointed that out to her before.
Note that I'm not defending Stanford. It's a sick, sick culture that's just recently brought us everything from Theranos to Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer-professor-parents, to many of the staff of Silicon Valley Bank. I have a consulting company in Silicon Valley and we won't hire out of Stanford becasue the kids we see are entitled assholes. Stanford culture self-selects for them.
I'm with you. The Meyer situation of a student who didn't want to face the consequences of her actions.