What's your take, Gary?

By now, you would have probably heard or read about Gary, the 2nd year MAE student from NTU who mass-mailed the entire university. I was one of the recepients of his email. His email touched on lecturers who have a poor command of English and not being understood by students. He was apparently unhappy with the lack of transparency of the system and he wanted to organise demonstrations(when was the last time Singapore saw demonstrations??) after exams.

I basically find Gary a whiner. He complains about the system and the lecturers and finds them to be incompetent. What has he done when he didn't understand the lectures? Did he make the effort to stay back and ask the lecturers or did he just bitch about the lecturers? Did he try to provide feedback(constructive criticism) to his lecturers instead of bottling up his feelings? The system and lecturers do have its flaws. I at times have difficulty comprehending some lecturers but i will ask my friends for help if i don't understand. After all, we are all human. How would you feel when you know that you have tried your best and this student comes along lambasting you for your poor command of the language. He should perhaps have put himself in his lecturer's shoes instead of being an arm-chair critic.

I'm not advocating for total tolerance where you have to be silent when you are not happy with your lecturer but i'm put off with the way he approached the problem. He should have raised up this issue with the Student's Union or even his faculty instead of mass mailing the entire student population calling for demonstrations(wake up, Gary.). They might have looked into this and could have tried to provide feasible solutions. Has he ever went through this channels before going for the last resort?

I'm interested to know what went through Gary's mind before he mass-mailed the students. Was he so disillusioned or was it just plain boredom or simply for the fame? It would be interesting to hear Gary's point of view on this issue though.