Blog Post #4 Oleanna Lee Bowen

When we first started watching the play Oleanna I didn't quite understand what the overall deal was with this student teacher complex. Carol wanted to talk to her professor about receiving a better grade but all John could talk about was his house and that they come from two different social classes. At first it seemed like he used that as an excuse to why she didn't get the grade she wanted even though she knew she had struggled throughout the class. Then he starts comparing her to himself as they go deeper into why she could't understand his style of teaching. Carol uses the claim of sexual harassment to try and get what she wants while making John look like the one at fault for everything. J.K Curry stating "The work obscures the issue of sexual harassment by suggesting that sexual harassment is really a ploy of militant feminists to disempower and destroy white, middle-class, male academics." Carol uses her feminism ways to try to make the situation favor her over the professor. Using this against him as a tactic in order to obtain what she desires is ultra sad.