Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 800

"Is it really that difficult?" Mamie asked, her brow furrowed in confusion. "I mean, reporting Edna shouldn't be that hard, right? If Carlson's got enough evidence, public opinion can punish her way faster than some drawn-out legal process."

Once the buzz gets going, the university would have no choice but to step in. Everyone's watching, after all.

Scales nodded, but his expression was skeptical. "Sure, from an efficiency standpoint, reporting is the quickest route. But did you really take a good look at that post?"

"I did," Mamie replied, puzzled. "I've read it several times. What's wrong with it?"

"Carlson used his real name to report."

"So what if it's a real-name report?" Mamie asked, genuinely baffled.

Scales let out a weary sigh, looking at Mamie's innocent face. "When a student reports a professor, there are only two outcomes: either the report is successful, and the professor gets punished, or it fails, and the professor continues as before. But either way, for the student, what's coming next is gonna be a nightmare."

Mamie frowned. "I get it if the report fails-the professor might retaliate, make life difficult. But why would it be bad if it succeeds?"

an eyebrow. "If the

professor gets fired, maybe

professor gets fired, but what happens to the student? Especially someone like Carlson, who's in his final year of grad school, about to graduate- what does he do

the realization hitting her. If the professor got fired, Carlson might not graduate on time. Even if the school let him switch advisors, that would mean changing his research focus, starting all

his hard work over the

be for nothing. A

in a worse spot than an undergrad, who

hesitant. "He could just hold

his degree in hand. But now... Carlson chose this moment to

in, having put her work aside, "he has no

head. "Given the current situation,

already out there on the campus forum! Thirty pages of accusations aren't

reached public opinion, a serious response was inevitable. But Roseanne and

waves; some louder than others. Right now, it's just internal. Only our school's students