After a student reached out to their professor to say that he needed more time on an assignment because he couldn’t cope with the fact that the “most evil hateful person ever” won the presidential election, the professor didn’t respond in the way he probably expected.    Read More Here….

The student begins, 

“Hi I just wanted to let you know why I haven’t posted yet this week. The election of the most evil hateful person to ever run for president has me very upset and I need time to process it all and get centered so I can figure out how I’m going to get through this. I just can’t even right now. This is so hard. I really need another week to start the healing process you know? I’ll post next week and I’d appreciate not getting points docked because of the circumstances that are beyond my control.”

The Colorado State University professor held back the insults and simply responded by sending the student an excerpt of the late work policy.

“The Original Post must be completed by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. MT and Peer Responses posted by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. In accordance with the grading rubric, late posts will not be awarded full points.”

Her frank advice is to simply get over it.

 “Students need to realize that we live in a republic where majority rules. That means that the person you voted for doesn’t always win, but you have to just deal with it. I was upset both times Obama won, but I dealt with it. Colleges and professors who baby their students because they’re upset over the election are not doing them any favors. Throwing a tantrum or becoming a basket case when life doesn’t go your way is not how adults behave.”

The professor continued by expressing her insight into the disturbing trend she is seeing among college students and professors alike. She insists that an emotionally-driven generation will not be able to cope with real world problems.

“I can’t imagine what these students will do once they enter the workforce and have a difficult boss or a challenging project, or have personal setbacks. We are raising a generation of crybabies who can’t handle life, and if they don’t get it together I’m very worried for the future of this country.”