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I think that the Meredith Brooks' song, "Bitch," summarizes me rather nicely. Or, if you prefer, X. dell says I'm a life-smart literary scholar with a low BS tolerance...that also works!

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Frothing Raging Anger

I have a student. We shall call her student Z for her privacy, and soon you shall see why.

I had Z in fall of 2003 for an English 101 class. Z is sweet, always with a big smile, and positively gorgeous. If I were to leave Alex for a woman, it would be a woman who looked just like Z: curvy body, strawberry blonde hair, big luminous eyes, and a sexy smile. We talked a lot here and there after class because we had a fair bit in common. Connecting to a student like that happens. Here it is, two years later and I've not had another class with her, but I usually get to see her maybe twice a term. She'll stop by and chat with me and I'll catch up on her life.

Today she came in to see me in tears.

Today she told me that she needed my help.

A person, another student at Premere, put something in her drink a few nights ago and sexually assaulted her. It was a person she considered a friend. The police are involved. She had hair samples taken so they could test her for the drugs and did the whole rape kit, etc. She wants to finish up her degree...but Rapist Pig Dog is a student at Premere, remember? She did the right thing and informed security. They tried to look up his class schedule, but they had difficulties finding it. Could she be so lucky and the assault charges made him drop out of school?

Regardless, she is scared. What if this man comes after her at school for pressing charges? Or tries something again?

She came to me.

ME.

5'2" me. No martial arts background. Sits on her ass. No exercise. I became the one who was to protect her. I walked her to her classes today. I told her that I hoped we found RPD so I could kill him. She laughed, having NO doubt I could and would.

She's right though. Smart girl. It's not height nor fighting background nor weapons that really make the difference...it's the spirit inside being strong enough to know what has to be done and doing it, no matter what, period. I talked to her about all sorts of things as I walked her to classes, including an incident in my own life which will never be told on this blog. She reached out to me so she deserved to get all the comfort from me she could get.

And I warn you fucker, if you come near her, there will be nothing left of you to throw in jail. Z knows it. That's why she asked me, and not some 6'4" athlete boy nor a female weightlifter to escort her. She knows I CAN and WILL do the job...and am dying to do it. Go ahead. Sucks to be you because I also have a student whose rich ass family is so wound into the police that I wouldn't be having reprocussions from it either. This student has already taken out two fuckers like you himself, and I know he'd make sure that if I took you out, I'd get a thank you rather than any problems or hassle.

I got your back, Z. I got your back. And a shoulder to cry on to boot.

9 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

I would love to rip his throat out but I will settle with watching you do so.

Fucking Bastard coward!

This is South Carolina right? This means since its redneck land, we can organize a mob and hang him?

Piece of trash!


Anyway, if you kill him, I'll give you sex as a reward for doing a good deed. It is wiccan religion: do a bad deed get repaid threefold. Do a good deed (kill him), get repaid threefold (me and sex).

3:21 PM  
Blogger cookie monster said...

that sucks big time. i hope that when RPD gets jail time that he gets carved up on the wing. literally.

theres nothing worse to em than sexual predators or rapists etc. to me they are the lowest of the low. i wouldnt worry to much about hurting him kira as Jah will punish him when he dies. i hope he burns in hell.

i also admire this students courage in opening up and admitting what happend. thats something that i cant even imagine so the bravery must have been immense. words seem trite now.

i hope this rapist gets all he desreves. and it must have been heavy having her come to you kira, i admire yoiur strength in handling it.

3:22 PM  
Blogger Jezzy said...

Good for you, Kira. That's an awful, horrible thing to have happened.

5:03 PM  
Blogger cookie monster said...

or ram u broom handle up his arse.

6:13 AM  
Blogger Champurrado said...

I hate to read about incidents like this. I'm a dad with three (3) daughters. One just started college. My hope is that all the talks about good judgment will trump the bad intentions of young cowards.

On the legal side, your student should be pursuing a restraining order. Here judges hand them out like lollypops and I see no reason why a judge in your part of the country would do otherwise. Restraining orders work as a deterrent mostly but be cautious nonetheless because when all is said and done a TRO is no defense to some pin head with a grudge.
I admire your efforts on behalf of your student. Hopefully, the police will do the right thing.

9:49 AM  
Blogger Canoes under my shoes said...

AAARRRGH! There are no words strong enough!

Z will never be the same, BUT (as it relates to your memories post as well) she will learn from this and hopefully grow. My hope for her is that after the emotional/physical aftermath quiets, that she'll be able to use this as a launchpad to power rather than see it as a wall.

My thoughts are with her and with all rape victims; past, present and future.

8:33 AM  
Blogger Kira said...

Thanks for your well wishes for asshole's dismemberment and Z's recovery!

SC--I cracked up uncontrollably at your post! haha! You make an excellent point on why she chose me ;)

Champ--yes, a restraining order might be the next thing to do, although around here, what I've seen is that it means the woman gets killed anyway. Sigh. Still, that might allow her to have him removed from her presence. Not sure how that'd affect things on campus then...

April--thanks for the offer of lodging! I should be fine though. This former student of mine who has too much money and relatives in the police force here has a personal issue with the mistreatment of women, and he would gladly do all in his power to see me rewarded, not charged. He's successfully had just that happened twice so far when he became physical as a result of women being mistreated. So, hopefully I should be ok!

Jezzy--yes it is. We all know that stuff like this happens daily, but it changes your emotional settings when it happens to somebody you really care about!

Alex--it's comforting to think of you as my reward for good behavior, so thanks! haha! je t'adore a la folie!

Cookie--you're right that folks like this tend to get what's coming to them eventually, but I'd still prefer to give him some consequences now. I like the broom handle suggestion.

Laura--yes, MOST (but of course not all) of the women I know who have been through traumatic incidents like this have grown and become stronger for it, not buckled and collapsed...which is great. It's great not just for the woman herself, but it's also great because it basically tells the man, FUCK YOU. You think you have control over ME? NOPE!

12:27 PM  
Blogger cookie monster said...

actually when i was away the broom handle thing is used as a punishment against paedos and rapists. it damages them internally so much they need a colostomy!

1:08 PM  
Blogger Kira said...

Cookie--well, a pedophile definitely deserves it, no questions asked. I'd say most rapists do too.

April--NO MORE LIMONCELLO! *wimpers pitifully* Well, honestly, if he has hit you, my student probably WOULD take care of him for ya ;) Men who rape or hit women get him so worked up he has to take them out. J is totally cool. He took Alex, me, another ex student, and her husband out to eat once and we had a blast. He was so funny! He knew what had happened with the ex and so he was watching Alex carefully. He then decided he liked Alex and that Alex was, as he put it, "worthy of Kira." LOL! So, then he was willing to help Alex stay here...when Alex gets his business degree, J's dad is upper level management at Michelin, and his dad is willing to help out on the sheer word of his son! Woohoo!

6:41 PM  

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