Why? You asked.
For the transcript, I initially took it as an honest mistake and decided just to live with it. But at this point, it almost looked like a trespass to me. The thing you might not know is that for almost every day I pray to God for His protection and deliverance for trespasses like this. So let us see how divine protection would actually work in 21st century.
In regard to my medical record, as you can see, I have divulged quite a few secrets of others just so that I could make a point and readers could get the whole picture. It is against my own notion of fairness if I would not disclose my most horrible secret to the world.
The #MeToo movement really made me think. Probably now you have already forgotten about Ms. Xiaolin Tang, and it seems to me that at least dozens of female Chinese students have been violated by Dr. Tyndall. If no one will stand up or speak up, I certainly can. For one, I don’t give a damn about how strangers would think of me. And we are all the same in the eyes of the Lord. Maybe He favors me a little bit, you never know.
Then from a more pragmatic side, I read:
By the time Tyndall resigned, Gilbert had also left USC. She said she had been promised a promotion and even given business cards with the new title. But she said that in the wake of her report to the rape crisis center, administrators rescinded the promotion. Some clinic managers stopped talking to her, she said. She and many co-workers interpreted it as retaliation for speaking out about Tyndall. She resigned in June 2017.
I thank for Ms. Cindy Gilbert’s courage and sacrifice. So for the record, if my company is to be ruined by my fool’s errand, let’s go back to God’s powerful assurance:
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
It worked for me and it will work for me again.
I have consulted with God on how I shall proceed from this point.
It is one thing to talk about democracy and earn fanfare and hurrah. It is an entirely different thing to exercise democracy. Honestly speaking I am no fan of democracy, but if God wishes me to do things in this way, so be it.
So stealing ideas from this letter, I write:
To President Ronald J. Daniels of Johns Hopkins University:
As privileged members of American Academia, we, the undersigned, carefully exercised our judgement based on our shared values, commonsense, daily experiences, etc., etc., and would endorse one or more of the claims listed hereto:
1) Mr. Xin Chen is entitled to his own academic transcript issued by the Johns Hopkins University.
1a) All circumstances considered, it would be advisable for Johns Hopkins University to release Mr. Xin Chen’s academic transcript under public scrutiny.
2) Mr. Xin Chen is entitled to his own medical records during his stay at Johns Hopkins University.
We DO NOT back any other claims or statements made by Mr. Xin Chen.
Sincerely yours,