Chapter 1173 Teacher-Student Relationship (Part 2) (Patreon)

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"Hey, Bruce, what are you doing here?" Victor gently patted Bruce's shoulder from behind. Bruce turned around and saw him, then said, "Oh, Professor Fries, I'm here to borrow some books. I need to find some psychology research case studies to write my paper."

Victor had a slightly surprised expression on his face as he looked Bruce up and down and said, "Didn't Mrs. Pince tell you? You've been transferred back to the physics department."

Bruce narrowed his eyes, and Victor gave a helpless expression, saying, "I was just wondering, what did you do to upset Schiller? He directly applied to the education committee and removed you from the list of his students. You didn't... cheat, did you?"

But then, Victor scratched his chin and said, "That doesn't make sense. With your level of science and technology, even if you cheated, he wouldn't be able to catch you. He doesn't understand those mechanical things."

"But being removed from the program is a very serious matter, usually only happening when a student's actions have seriously affected the teacher's reputation."

"I've removed a student before, but that was because he was accused of 12 crimes, including rape, illegal confinement, and abuse. What did you do?"

"I..." Before Bruce could say anything, Victor patted his shoulder and said, "If you really upset him, I suggest you go apologize to him. This is not only for your teacher-student relationship, but if you still want to develop in the field of psychology in the future, being removed by Schiller is a very serious matter that will prevent you from getting into this circle."

Bruce stood silently, then looked at Victor and said, "Do you have time now? I'd like to hear your opinion, since you understand Schiller well."

Victor nodded and said, "Let's go to my office. I really don't know what happened between you two..."

Bruce followed Victor to his office, and they sat down on the sofa. Bruce briefly explained the incident that had occurred between him and Schiller.

Victor's eyes widened more and more as he listened, then he said, "So you're actually the victim?"

Victor judged, "Schiller suddenly developed some kind of bizarre personality and subjected you to a series of inexplicable persecutions, and now he's removed you from the program? My goodness, he's being too unreasonable!"

Bruce stared at Victor, and Victor stared back at him, then Victor said with some surprise, "You came to me, could it be that you're trying to reflect on yourself?"

"Wake up, Bruce! Isn't this his fault?!"

Bruce pressed his lips together, his expression becoming somewhat serious, and Victor's expression also gradually became more serious. He sat up straight, elbows resting on his knees, and said to Bruce:

"Bruce, you don't need to be afraid. You can tell me the truth. Did Professor Rodriguez abuse his position and do something to you?... I'll be direct, did he mentally control or abuse you?"

Bruce's eye contact with Victor was very serious as he stared at him and said, "Your current state of mind is not right. Can you use your rationality to think about this?"

"After Schiller did these things to you, you're still reflecting on yourself? What did you do wrong? Did you really do anything wrong?"

"What did you do wrong? Going to the party to protect Gotham and stop the serial killer? Staying in Schiller's office to stop the conflict? Fending off those serial killers? Or having breakfast with Schiller?"

Victor sighed softly and said, "The teacher-student relationship is a very special one. In a teacher's education of students, their own views are inevitably mixed in."

"In science or engineering education, this situation is not common, but in subjects like literature, philosophy, medicine, psychology, etc., it is common for professors to consciously or unconsciously engage in psychological bullying of students."

"They use their position and authority to constantly coerce students in order to make them accept their own views, until the students' mental state reaches its limit, and then they are forced to accept the teacher's views out of fear."

"For younger children, establishing authority is important, so they can learn to follow rules and not act recklessly."

"But university is a place for equal exchange. Any student or teacher has the right to retain their own views, and if your rights have been violated, you should seek help instead of blaming yourself."

Victor shook his head slightly and said, "In my years of teaching students, I have seen many times when teachers have not grasped the proper balance of conveying knowledge and views, turning the transmission into indoctrination and brainwashing, causing students to feel great pain."

"Perhaps they don't have the subjective intention to abuse students, but students, due to the power differential and fear of authority, are unable to resist, leading to various psychological problems and ultimately tragedies."

"So that's why I said, if you have similar troubles, I can help you. This is also helping Schiller."

"Because if he can't recognize this and make timely adjustments to his teaching methods, the tragedy will eventually happen, and it will be a lose-lose situation."

Bruce had a hesitant expression on his face. In fact, he now feels somewhat confused.

The main problem is that he cannot be sure whether all the emotions he has towards Schiller are truly his own, or if they are the product of emotional control.

In simple terms, he wonders whether the teacher-student relationship he shared with Schiller was something Schiller fabricated and instilled in him.

Any person who has experienced psychological abuse will have this feeling - is my love for him real or fake? Is this emotion under my control or his? Even when the emotion is under my control, is that also at his behest?

This situation not only arises when facing the perpetrator, but also continues into many subsequent relationships after the abusive relationship ends.

The greatest trauma of psychological abuse is the distrust in one's own ability to control emotions, and the lack of a sense of security that this distrust brings.

Constantly feeling that others are controlling one's emotions, constantly feeling watched and suspicious of everyone who shows affection or to whom affection is shown - this trauma will accompany the victim for life.

Bruce's current problem is that he doesn't know if he has been traumatized, because he already has a mental illness and is habitually suspicious, so doubting his own emotions may be normal for him.

Seeing the expression on Bruce's face, Victor slowly stood up. He reached out a hand to comfort Bruce, then said, "I'm going to call the higher education committee now and have them investigate Professor Rodriguez for dereliction of duty.

"Don't worry, this is not a legal charge, I have also undergone a similar investigation. The Higher Education Commission will send someone to conduct a detailed investigation into the allegations against Professor, but it will not involve other aspects."

"Initially, I was accused of conducting illegal human experiments, and the Higher Education Commission sent someone to investigate me, only to find that I had frozen my wife."

"They wanted to transfer the case to the court to determine whether I was guilty of violating someone's will or false imprisonment, but the court did not file the case in the end because the parents of my wife expressed strong dissatisfaction with the court, and they did not want this matter to become widely known."

"This kind of non-public accusation is small-scale, controllable, and relatively fair."

"This is the best method so far," Victor emphasized: "The most important thing is to isolate the Professor who may be suspected, and all familiar people should avoid suspicion, and conduct a completely vacuum investigation to obtain the most objective assessment results."

"If the assessment shows that Schiller has no problem, the non-public accusation will not affect his career."

Bruce looked up at Victor and asked, "What if the assessment results have problems?"

Victor paused for a moment, then said, "It depends on the severity. If it's just dereliction of duty, the possible consequences could be suspension or dismissal, but if it also violates the law, it will be transferred to the court for trial."

Victor sighed and said, "Schiller is also my friend, and I hope even more than you that he won't get into trouble."

"But the problem is, if he really has taken actual action, and you and I both cover for him, first, his mental state may go to extremes, and second, if it is exposed one day, showing that there are many victims, and the accusation turns from non-public to public, then it won't be the Education Commission investigating, but the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Suddenly, Bruce recalled several similar cases, and in fact, in the history of U.S. education, such cases are not uncommon, with many Professors being accused of incitement, assault, and abuse.

Some of these cases did capture the perpetrators, but there were also many cases where, after repeated investigations, it was found to be just personal grudges.

But in any case, the one who will be affected the most in terms of social reputation will definitely be the Professor, because most Professors have achieved great success, and once there is a large-scale public accusation, even if the suspicion is eventually cleared, their professional career is basically over.

Bruce thought for a moment, then shook his head and said to Victor, "I think I should be true to my own judgment. My conflict with Schiller is far from reaching the point where a third party has to isolate us both for investigation."

"And as far as I know, even if there are victims, it's only me, which means they may only conduct repeated psychological assessments on me, and I don't want to accept psychological assessments from anyone."

Victor pursed his lips, put his hands in his pockets, and looked at Bruce, saying, "To be honest, you two crazy people getting together, if there's any abuse, it must be mutual harm."

"I don't know how you two fought this time, but if you feel sad, he must be upset too. What he did might be a bit excessive, but you also need to think about what you'll face in the future."

Victor took a deep breath and said, "You want to change Gotham, even save the world. The setbacks and pains you'll face in the future may be much more severe than this. I don't want to praise suffering, but what you learn from him will be more than what you lose. In the future, these will be your capital to overcome difficulties."

Bruce covered his mouth with his hand, and he really felt comforted, because he knew that the difficulties he would face could be much more than Victor imagined, because Schiller had revealed more than once that the universe is much more vast than he imagined.

In the universe, besides the beautiful stars, there are endless enemies. If he can't grow up quickly and prepare in advance, he may really have a headache.

And not to mention the distant future, Gotham's reform plan is in full swing right now. At this time, sending Schiller to isolation for investigation, the Falcone Family and Mayor Roy won't be happy.

More importantly, even if Bruce suspects that his guilt towards Schiller may be a product of Stockholm syndrome, he still doesn't want to do this from the bottom of his heart.

Thinking about this, Bruce stood up. He looked at Victor and said very sincerely, "Thank you, Professor Fries. I didn't expect you to stand firmly on my side. You are a good teacher."

Victor smiled and said, "It's nothing. This is just what I should do. I'm happy to help every student in difficulty, and I'm also willing to be responsible for my friends."

Just as the two were walking out the door, a series of rapid high-heeled footsteps came. As soon as the door opened, Anna's figure stood outside. Her eyes scanned over Victor and Bruce, and she said in a hurry:

"Roman·Sinnett and Thomas Elliott, as well as more than 20 other Gotham University students, have jointly made a public accusation against Schiller Rodriguez. The New Jersey Higher Education Commission has initiated an isolation investigation against Professor Rodriguez."

"The charges include but are not limited to mind control, mental abuse, incitement and inducement of crime, illegal detention and murder."

"Due to the large number of victims and the seriousness of the charges, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has officially joined the investigation."

"Just now, they took Schiller Rodriguez away from the office."

Bruce looked into Anna's eyes, and Anna looked back at him and said, "...And he did not resist at all."

As Bruce walked out the door, Anna said in a low voice, "Schiller values his academic reputation very much...he feels very sad."

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