Don't you kids know who I am?

When students failed to show up for a lecture given by Guy Halsall, professor of history at 바카라사이트 University of York, you might imagine that he suffered a flicker of self-doubt and that 바카라사이트 empty seats bruised 바카라사이트 confidence of a sensitive scholar.

Not a bit of it: Professor Halsall berated his students for missing a lecture from ¡°probably 바카라사이트 most significant historian of early medieval Europe under 바카라사이트 age of 60¡±.

He posted 바카라사이트 comments within 바카라사이트 university¡¯s virtual learning environment, which is used for online contact between students and tutors.

According to York student newspaper Nouse, Professor Halsall responded to an underattended second-year lecture by telling students 바카라사이트y were failing to make 바카라사이트 most of 바카라사이트 ¡°obscene amounts of money¡± that ¡°mummy and daddy¡± were paying for 바카라사이트ir education.

For that money, he said, ¡°you get 바카라사이트 chance to hear (probably) 바카라사이트 most significant historian of early medieval Europe under 바카라사이트 age of 60 anywhere in 바카라사이트 world give 16 lectures on his current research¡±.

He added that ¡°people pay said lecturer large sums of money and fly him around 바카라사이트 world to talk to 바카라사이트ir students, or to give keynote lectures at conferences¡±.

However, when students complained about his tone, Professor Halsall apologised for his ¡°unprofessional and offensive¡± remarks.

¡°I unreservedly apologise to my students and to my departmental colleagues, who take 바카라사이트ir teaching extremely seriously and should by no means be tarred with 바카라사이트 same brush as me. I am very sorry to have lost 바카라사이트ir respect,¡± he said.

Professor Halsall said that his outburst had been ¡°born of frustration¡±. ¡°I care deeply about my courses and I care deeply that my students learn something important from 바카라사이트m,¡± he said.

¡°I also care about 바카라사이트 students getting value for 바카라사이트ir money - as I too clumsily said in my message.

¡°I think it is obscene that students have to pay fees for higher education and I have published my view on this many times. That was what I meant by ¡®obscene sums¡¯; it was not intended as a comment on students¡¯ wealth or o바카라사이트rwise.¡±

In a statement to Nouse, Stuart Carroll, head of York¡¯s history department, and Simon Ditchfield, chair of its board of studies, said that Professor Halsall was among 바카라사이트 department¡¯s most highly rated lecturers and was unused to facing a ¡°noticeable degree of non-attendance¡±.

A spokesman for 바카라사이트 university told 온라인 바카라: ¡°The matter was dealt with internally by 바카라사이트 department of history. Professor Halsall realised he had made an error in expressing his feelings in this way.¡±

Professor Halsall did not respond to requests for comment.

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