The instructor was at the "cage" (where all the equipment is kept) waiting to check out some equipment. The student in front of the instructor was checking out equipment, but the student didn't know what he wanted. The student asked the employee of the cage about what equipment he should use.
This upset the instructor. The instructor asked why the student was checking out equipment if the student didn't even know what to use. The student, on the defense, said he was given a project and he has to do it. The instructor apparently pushed (put hands on) the student. Some words were exchanged. It was caught on tape from the security camera, so there is no contesting that the instructor put his hands on the student.
(The location where the incident took place)
Should have the instructor put his hands on the student? Probably not. However, I can completely empathize with the instructor. I have been at the cage way too many times and having to wait up to FORTY MINUTES (40!) to check equipment out because students go to get thousands of dollars of equipment they don't know how to use!
The most annoying questions at the cage were "What lens should I use?" and "What camera do you suggest?" Unfortunately, the students are somewhat justified in asking because the instructors sure don't care to teach us what we need to know and/or the classes aren't designed to implement student understanding and knowledge of the equipment.
I know that the instructor almost always has a full work load - five or more classes a quarter. This means he deals with a lot at the school. I've heard instructors complain that they try to change things at the school, but since the Education Management Corporation (EDMC) is in charge, the bureaucracy makes it tough to get things done.
Moral of the story? Why send students off to do projects without giving them all the knowledge they need in order to do a project well?
List of all the posts I have about my experiences at AILV
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