Professor resigns after porn bookmark was revealed

May 1, 2020 05:02 GMT  ·  By

Online classes have become pretty common in the last few months because of obvious reasons, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that this new system fits everyone like a glove.

And a University of Miami professor knows this best, as he accidentally revealed a “busty college girl” bookmark that he saved in his browser during an online business analytics class on Zoom.

For what it’s worth, the bookmarks are used to save webpages that you want to check out at a later time…

According to the Miami Hurricane, which is the student newspaper, one of the participants in the Zoom class noticed the bookmark, and it was then just a matter of time until the whole thing went rival.

Petition to rehire the professor

Shortly after the incident, the professor decided to resign, so it’s no longer working for the University of Miami.

“The University of Miami aggressively investigates all complaints of inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment. After receiving a complaint through the University’s ethics hotline, the incident was investigated by the Office of the Provost, Title IX investigator and Miami Herbert Business School. The University can confirm that John Peng Zhang resigned and is no longer employed at the University of Miami,” the University said in a statement.

Students, however, want him back and have already launched a petition to rehire the professor.

“People make mistakes, are sexual beings, and should not be fired when no true porn was shared. We no longer live in the 18th century and individuals are allowed to have a personal, sexual life. This was obviously a mistake,” the petition reads.

At the time of writing, the petition has already been signed by nearly 2,900 people, with the current target set to 5,000. The University is yet to confirm whether it’s looking into rehiring the professor or not.