A professor at Texas A&M Galveston has decided he will be giving his entire class a failing grade because they all "lack the maturity level to enter the workforce."
Professor Irwin Horwitz let the students know of his decision to fail them all in an email that also added they they were each a disgrace to the school, according to a click2houston.com report.
He sent a lengthy email to his Strategic Management class explaining that they would all be failing the course. He said the students proved to be incompetent and lack the maturity level to enter the workforce.
"It became apparent that they couldn't do some of the most simple and basic things they should have been able to do," said Horwitz.
In the email he cited examples of students cheating, telling him to "chill out," and inappropriate conduct. He said students spread untrue rumors about him online, and he said at one point he even felt the need to have police protection in class.
"I was dealing with cheating, dealing with individuals swearing at me both in and out of class, it got to the point that the school had to put security guards at that class and another class," said Horowitz.
Students were shocked to receive the email, but Horwitz says this class was uniquely terrible, and he reached his "breaking point."
"This class is unique. I have never failed a class, it is very rare that I fail students, sometimes learning incorporates tough love," says Horwitz.
The school says Horwitz will not get his way and has assigned a new professor to take over his class for the rest of the semester.