last week Monday after a 57 year old Mathematics professor, John
McCarthy reportedly stripped naked in Calculus 1 class and began
screaming that "there is no f****ing God" and "It's all an act and
none of it's real."
In the age of laptop computers, the most surprising thing is that the
students noticed and looked up from their computers. Presumably one
student asked the standard question of "will this be on the test?"
Witnesses said that McCarthy was going through a routine derivative
equation when he started to talk about his colleagues and how "they're
all actors." He added that "It's all an act and none of it's real."
According to a freshman, Kyle Hillman who was in the Calculus class,
the professor had earlier ranted some words; "Math is all about
questions and answers. And Steve Jobs invented the computer, but what
do computers do? They ask questions and we answer them."
Hillman said after the professor finished swearing about God and
religion, he pulled a $1 bill from his wallet, waved it a few times,
then ran out of the class.
"I had to leave the class. It was pretty terrifying."
McCarthy ranted naked down the hall of the school's Engineering
Building according to multiple witness account.
Hillman recalled McCarthy has been a little off since the beginning of
the class.
"Earlier in the class on Monday, he made a mistake and said, 'I'm
sorry. I say sorry a lot. People say I say sorry too much. I should
probably stop saying it'".
Campus police placed McCarthy in protective custody and later
transported him to a local hospital.
John McCarthy holds a bachelor's, two master's, and doctoral degree in
Mathematics.
Brilliance is sometimes accompanied with mental issues; McCarthy
obviously had a psychological meltdown. He was arrested but not
charged with a crime. He could certainly be charged with indecent
exposure but hopefully the police would show discretion and let him
be.
As difficult as it would be for McCarthy to go back to the classroom,
the faculty would really help and support him by treating his strip as
a case of mental illness, allow him seek help, but not fire him. I
would also hope that the faculty treats this matter as a mental
illness and allows McCarthy to seek treatment rather than simply fire
him.
Meanwhile, the school has not released any statement on how the matter
would be treated, but sources say some members of the management
believes the matter should be treated as a misconduct. In the
meantime, the school has merely reassigned his classes and would take
no further action just yet. Lol ooooooooooooo
Culled form daily post