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Student Body Petition for the removal of Ms. Heidi Erickson

Student Body Petition for the removal of Ms. Heidi Erickson

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 6 months ago
It has come to the attention of the following students, listed below, that the actions of Heidi Erickson, have become and increasing disturbance to the learning process and classroom environment of fellow students. Her actions such as coming to class late (10, 15 and even 30 minutes after class has begun), making irrelevant comments during class instead of saving said remarks for after class, disrupting a professor’s lecture with irrelevant questions that would be best saved for after class, arguing with professors during lecture, making remarks that appear to challenge or lessen the leadership of the professor instructing, as well as creating an unnecessary disturbance with no attempts to be quiet when existing/entering class, using her cell phone (Siri) during class, as well as many other complaints. The full content of the lecture is often cut short due to the disturbances of Ms. Erickson. Many students are worried that their degree is no longer validated if the University allow Ms. Erickson, who has an animal cruelty criminal record, to obtain a degree in animal and equine sciences. We hope that by presenting this petition the University Administration will realize how much of a disturbance Ms. Erickson is to the academic learning environment for the student body. We ask student to also write their personal complaints regarding Ms. Erickson, if they do not wish to give their name but would like to submit their complaint please email: [email protected] We, the undersigned, are concerned students who urge our University Administrators to act now to in reprimanding said students, and removing her from the following classes:

Updates

February 13, 2016

I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam but here we are and it is wild seeing so many people feeling exactly the same way about the classroom interruptions. The momentum feels real now because it turns out that I am not just crazy for being frustrated by the constant lectures getting derailed by siri or those weird random comments. Maybe now the administration will finally pay attention instead of ignoring us like they have been for weeks.

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Ellie Reese
12 years ago Featured

Heidi Erickson is not mentally stable. When she doesn't get her way, she sues.... Everyone!

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Mike Vega
13 years ago Featured

Honestly she is just a massive distraction. Nobody can learn when she is constantly causing a scene or arguing about nothing. Time for her to go.

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Sarah Norton
13 years ago Featured

I had a class with her last semester and it was a total nightmare. She would constantly talk over the professor and act like she knew more than everyone else. We were all so annoyed.

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Anonymous
7 years ago

This monster is insane! In 2002, she accused me of not hiring her as a receptionist at a law firm in Boston due to discrimination. It took some investigation on my part to find out that her claim was that she was totally qualified, but that I wouldn't hire her because she had dyslexia. Although that would explain the blatant spelling errors in her resume, it doesn't explain that she was completely unsuitable for the job requiring professionalism, competency and emotional control (calmness under stress) necessary to successfully carry out the position. Not to mention (while I mention it) that, even though I didn't know about her dyslexia as it was not mentioned specifically on her resume, all the errors on it showed that she wouldn't be precise and careful enough to receive and communicate accurate telephone numbers, names and messages, and in-person information of visitors including clients and vendors. The 'Cat Lady of Boston,' as she became known due to hoarding, killing and freezing dead cats in her Beacon Hill apartment took me and the law firm to court for discrimination based on her disability. Then, she had the audacity to not appear on the day of trial! Needless to say, the 2 partners with the law firm and I were rather angry that we had to waste our time on such nonsense. I suggested we take her to court for malicious prosecution; the attorneys declined to do it. A few years later I was watching NECN and heard her name on the TV. I immediately looked up and saw this woman for the first time and was totally shocked but not surprised to hear she was accused of hoarding and killing cats, and keeping them in her freezer (ick!!) and dubbed "The Cat Lady of Boston." I did suddenly remember on her resume, she wrote comments about her love of horses and cats, and how she was well-educated in equine and feline care. The resume was not geared towards the specific position she sent her resume in for. It definitely sent me warning signals. Not because o