Final Thoughts
发件人： Marvel Ma (marvelwork@gmail.com)
发送时间： 2010年1月8日 7:05:50
收件人： marvelwork@gmail.com
dear cis 232 students,
亲爱的cis 232的同学们,
I'm sure some if not many of u are surprised to hear from me again.
However, even though many of u have already heard something, in one
form or another, about what has happened to me, and since some of this
information may be inaccurate and/or possibly damaging to my character
and reputation, i feel i should directly address each and every one of
u by providing my account as to what has happened. i will attempt to
keep this email as concise and factual as possible.
我知道又得到我的消息你们一定都很诧异。然而，尽管大多数同学已经以这样或那样的形式听说了一些关于我的事情，但由于你们得到的信息或许是不准确的或者很可能已经有损了我的人格和名誉，所以我觉得我应该直接面对你们每个人来告诉你们到底发生了什么。我会尽可能保持这个消息的简明和客观真实。
on October 29, 2009, i was terminated by the acting associate dean,
mike Coutts, under the authorization and approval of the former
associate dean, Dan shepherd, who had resigned a day earlier (oct 28),
and Dan’s immediate supervisor and assistant provost of msu, Steven
rabbinate. the only reason they provided was: “repeated class
absences”. i have repeatedly asked them for documentation
substantiating this fact (e.g. on which date(s) i was absent from
class), and instead of doing so, Mr. robinette replied: "We have
sufficient statements from students regarding your teaching for this
semester for you to be replaced and that's what we have done". as of
today, neither he nor any one has provided me with any proof
whatsoever, and the school has refused to compensate me for many of
the things stipulated in the contract, including october's salary,
contract breach fee, and return expenses. the school, specifically,
mr. robinette and mr. shepherd, have done you, the school, and me a
great and dishonorable disservice by maliciously terminating me in the
middle of the semester using a knowingly spurious reason. furthermore,
it was even more embarrassing to have nearly every teacher and even
some students knew i was going to be terminated before i did. the real
reasons for my termination, however, i feel are more personal and have
to do with mr. shepherd's insane and extreme dislike for me, and have
little or none to do with my professional ability or even this class,
per se. but to make matters worse, after i was terminated, mr. coutts
attempted to revoke my work visa, and change it to a one-month tourist
visa, which would have forced me to leave china with no chance of
seeking compensation through china’s legal system as well as made new
allegations about saying "sexually inappropriate things to students"
from your class in order to force me to accept his unreasonable and
unacceptable ultimatum. for comparative purposes, I never had a single
发件人： Marvel Ma (marvelwork@gmail.com)
发送时间： 2010年1月8日 7:05:50
收件人： marvelwork@gmail.com
dear cis 232 students,
亲爱的cis 232的同学们,
I'm sure some if not many of u are surprised to hear from me again.
However, even though many of u have already heard something, in one
form or another, about what has happened to me, and since some of this
information may be inaccurate and/or possibly damaging to my character
and reputation, i feel i should directly address each and every one of
u by providing my account as to what has happened. i will attempt to
keep this email as concise and factual as possible.
我知道又得到我的消息你们一定都很诧异。然而，尽管大多数同学已经以这样或那样的形式听说了一些关于我的事情，但由于你们得到的信息或许是不准确的或者很可能已经有损了我的人格和名誉，所以我觉得我应该直接面对你们每个人来告诉你们到底发生了什么。我会尽可能保持这个消息的简明和客观真实。
on October 29, 2009, i was terminated by the acting associate dean,
mike Coutts, under the authorization and approval of the former
associate dean, Dan shepherd, who had resigned a day earlier (oct 28),
and Dan’s immediate supervisor and assistant provost of msu, Steven
rabbinate. the only reason they provided was: “repeated class
absences”. i have repeatedly asked them for documentation
substantiating this fact (e.g. on which date(s) i was absent from
class), and instead of doing so, Mr. robinette replied: "We have
sufficient statements from students regarding your teaching for this
semester for you to be replaced and that's what we have done". as of
today, neither he nor any one has provided me with any proof
whatsoever, and the school has refused to compensate me for many of
the things stipulated in the contract, including october's salary,
contract breach fee, and return expenses. the school, specifically,
mr. robinette and mr. shepherd, have done you, the school, and me a
great and dishonorable disservice by maliciously terminating me in the
middle of the semester using a knowingly spurious reason. furthermore,
it was even more embarrassing to have nearly every teacher and even
some students knew i was going to be terminated before i did. the real
reasons for my termination, however, i feel are more personal and have
to do with mr. shepherd's insane and extreme dislike for me, and have
little or none to do with my professional ability or even this class,
per se. but to make matters worse, after i was terminated, mr. coutts
attempted to revoke my work visa, and change it to a one-month tourist
visa, which would have forced me to leave china with no chance of
seeking compensation through china’s legal system as well as made new
allegations about saying "sexually inappropriate things to students"
from your class in order to force me to accept his unreasonable and
unacceptable ultimatum. for comparative purposes, I never had a single
