‘Makes me sick’: China professor verbally abuses students, makes them clean flat, buy breakfast, help daughter cheat in exams
- Keeps students in lab 10 hours a day, even on holidays
- Open online complaint letter amasses 88 million views, is hit on trending list
A university professor in China has been suspended from teaching and tutoring after being accused of exploiting her students.
Zheng Feng, an associate professor at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), sparked widespread outrage on mainland social media when 15 of her students complained about her.
According to a detailed 23-page open letter posted on April 9, Zheng, who was teaching wireless communication and digital signal processing technology, gave students very little research guidance.
Instead, she expected them to buy her breakfast, clean her flat, pick up deliveries, drive her friends and family and help her daughter with homework and tests.
Students were even forced to cheat for Zheng’s daughter in exams and competitions.
The professor also kept students in the laboratory for more than 10 hours a day including during their holidays and expected them to attend meetings after 10pm every night.