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Cho authored an email complaining about one of his professors, Nikki Giovanni, at Virginia Tech, who taught a creative writing class. Cho wore sunglasses to class to cover up himself, and was accused of filming Giovanni and the students in the classroom. Giovanni claims that this 'disruptive' behavior made many of the students leave the class over the course of the semester, as the students were allegedly intimidated by Cho's erratic and [[creepy]] behavior, which included Cho angrily lecturing the other students on the immorality of eating meat. He later claimed he made these comments as a 'joke', and not out of any particular philosophical or ethical attachment to vegetarianism. Giovanni also apparently perceived the content of some of Cho's poems as containing veiled violent threats, including towards her own person, but she did not seek any further redress for this, nor did she accept further security arrangements to be made for her own person despite | Cho authored an email complaining about one of his professors, Nikki Giovanni, at Virginia Tech, who taught a creative writing class. Cho wore sunglasses to class to cover up himself, and was accused of filming Giovanni and the students in the classroom. Giovanni claims that this 'disruptive' behavior made many of the students leave the class over the course of the semester, as the students were allegedly intimidated by Cho's erratic and [[creepy]] behavior, which included Cho angrily lecturing the other students on the immorality of eating meat. He later claimed he made these comments as a 'joke', and not out of any particular philosophical or ethical attachment to vegetarianism. Giovanni also apparently perceived the content of some of Cho's poems as containing veiled violent threats, including towards her own person, but she did not seek any further redress for this, nor did she accept further security arrangements to be made for her own person despite her stated perception that Cho had violent intent towards her. | ||
Giovanni consulted with other VT professors and threatened to resign, however there was no formal basis for removing Cho from the class and a compromise was reached where agreed to be privately tutored by another English professor for the rest of the semester. Cho's grades in this specific class markedly improved after this transferal to the private tutoring and he received an A grade in the subject (pp. 43-45).<ref name="chomentalhealth"></ref> | Giovanni consulted with other VT professors and threatened to resign, however there was no formal basis for removing Cho from the class and a compromise was reached where agreed to be privately tutored by another English professor for the rest of the semester. Cho's grades in this specific class markedly improved after this transferal to the private tutoring and he received an A grade in the subject (pp. 43-45).<ref name="chomentalhealth"></ref> | ||