Chapter 381

Daisy Hacker said, "This is unfair! Why does David get to pick students first again this year? Advisor assignments aren’t supposed to happen until the second semester of freshman year, or even sophomore or junior year, allowing students to adapt before making their choice.

"He leverages his reputation and illegally pre-selects his preferred students every year. This is completely unfair to other professors in the same department. All the promising talents are chosen by him in advance. Even if we want to achieve good results, we can’t compete with him. Why should it be like this? I won’t stand for it this year!”

Lance Perkins and Grayson Stanton, the two principals, exchanged glances.

Given David’s reputation and teaching expertise, he indeed had some privileges in selecting students. No one had ever raised any objections until now. His contributions to the school were undeniable. However, the problem was that in the last academic year, David’s team was embroiled in scandals, including the departure of Josie, plagiarism, rumors, and even bullying. After a series of events, including Kyle’s expulsion and subsequent imprisonment, and his research project’s cancellation, the faculty started to have opinions about him. Now that David wanted to recruit a group of talented students for his team in advance and train them from scratch, naturally, some professors were displeased. Every teacher wanted talented students. They were all professors of the same caliber, so they didn’t want David to get privileges.

The two principals exchanged a glance.

Grayson said, “Professor Hacker, please calm down. Strictly speaking, it’s not the school giving him special privileges. Many students indeed prioritized David’s courses during class registration. After we opened the course selection system, not only students from his major but also those from other majors cross-registered for David’s courses.” Grayson looked troubled. “Currently, it seems David’s courses are fully booked. Among the students who couldn’t register, many are excellent. David…” This couldn’t be justified. David simply wanted to select the best students. The school just turned a blind eye and let him be. They could only blame other professors for not being famous enough. There was nothing the school could do about it.

Delilah knocked and entered. She said, “Principals, I have a solution that will satisfy everyone. It will allow more students to choose suitable professors, and prevent students like Josie from being victimized again!”

“What do you mean?” David suddenly stood up. “Who was victimized? Explain yourself. Josie is perfectly fine. How was she victimized?”

Delilah gave him a cold look. “Josie is simply kind-hearted. She didn’t pursue your negligent and ineffective behavior as her mentor, which led to her thesis being delayed and her time being wasted. But everyone saw how she lived in your team. Do I need to reiterate that?”

“Alright, both professors, calm down. Those are in the past. Let’s discuss the current situation," Lance immediately called a halt to the conversation. Josie was indeed severely bullied before. If she were to pursue it and expose everything that happened in David’s team, the school would likely be held accountable. Since she didn’t file a complaint, the school wanted to settle the matter peacefully.

“Then I’ll offer a suggestion. Principals, assess its feasibility.” Delilah glanced at David. She continued, “The school can issue a new regulation that prohibits professors from privately speaking with first-year students to pre-select their team members. Freshmen may not pick their advisors during the first semester. In the second semester, students will be allowed to choose their advisors based on their preferences.”

David said with a confident expression, “What’s the difference between your method and the current one? Excellent students will still choose to join my team. It will only delay them for a semester before inevitably joining my team!”

Daisy couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. Given David’s influence, many students would choose to join his team each year, leaving other professors to pick from those he didn’t want.

Delilah smiled faintly. “Since you think it’s the same, that means you agree. Professor Hacker, I think this method is quite fair. What do you think?”