Chris Dussold His Dream Job Analysis
Courtney Fox
Professor G.
English 1020
29 March 29, 2014
Rumors Destroy In my Chapter eleven readings, I chose to synthesize “What Cost Chris Dussold His Dream Job?” The story is centered on Chris Dussold who was an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University. Throughout his college years, Chris made it a point that he wouldn’t work anywhere else except Southern Illinois University. His first couple of years at the university were among the best of anywhere he had been employed. However, in the fall of 2003 a terrible thing had started. He heard a rumor going around that he was sleeping with an undergraduate in financial-management club. The woman mentioned was Jennifer Peyla. According to Dussold, he barely knew Jennifer Peyla. The only contact Dussold …show more content…
That October, he set up a meeting with Jennifer Peyla along with an associate professor of economics. Ms. Peyla stated that “I did not start the rumor and have not had any sort of inappropriate relationship,” (350). A few months passed and then in January Ms. Peyla showed up and stated that many other professors were urging her to file a complaint against him. The morning of January a bad omen occurred according to Mr. Dussold. Twenty-two of his cows had fallen into a partially frozen pond overnight and died. Later that day, he was called to the provost’s office. An investigation had been opened by the university and they had found no evidence to support these claims. However, that sigh of relief would not last long. He was later called to the deans office and probed about things such as his sex life. The dean made it clear that even though the investigation proved nothing, he was going to decide on his own questions. In the month of March during spring break, Mr. Dussold decided to resign from his job but to surprise after turning in his resignation; he was fired on the spot. After the incidents, he filed a
Professor G.
English 1020
29 March 29, 2014
Rumors Destroy In my Chapter eleven readings, I chose to synthesize “What Cost Chris Dussold His Dream Job?” The story is centered on Chris Dussold who was an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University. Throughout his college years, Chris made it a point that he wouldn’t work anywhere else except Southern Illinois University. His first couple of years at the university were among the best of anywhere he had been employed. However, in the fall of 2003 a terrible thing had started. He heard a rumor going around that he was sleeping with an undergraduate in financial-management club. The woman mentioned was Jennifer Peyla. According to Dussold, he barely knew Jennifer Peyla. The only contact Dussold …show more content…
That October, he set up a meeting with Jennifer Peyla along with an associate professor of economics. Ms. Peyla stated that “I did not start the rumor and have not had any sort of inappropriate relationship,” (350). A few months passed and then in January Ms. Peyla showed up and stated that many other professors were urging her to file a complaint against him. The morning of January a bad omen occurred according to Mr. Dussold. Twenty-two of his cows had fallen into a partially frozen pond overnight and died. Later that day, he was called to the provost’s office. An investigation had been opened by the university and they had found no evidence to support these claims. However, that sigh of relief would not last long. He was later called to the deans office and probed about things such as his sex life. The dean made it clear that even though the investigation proved nothing, he was going to decide on his own questions. In the month of March during spring break, Mr. Dussold decided to resign from his job but to surprise after turning in his resignation; he was fired on the spot. After the incidents, he filed a